Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

Even in the very beginning when she would bump into George Valentine and people would start taking pictures of her, she never thought "I'm with George Valentine. I need to get a picture with him." She's like "oh that's funny. Everyone's taking pictures!"

For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

Maybe I'll put my iPod in two minutes before. But truly, I've listened to actors say that they loved to listen to music before a shot, and I really understand that now because it puts you in the mood and gives you energy.

I read Gloria Swanson's autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.

As an actor, you think you have to go really far and deep and cry and yell to be good in a scene. Sometimes that's not the point.