So when things start going badly, you're invested in the characters in a way I think amplifies the horror and the fear because you're invested.

I dont think Paul Thomas Anderson has a standard approach to anything.

It's weird. I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.

I've never had to talk about my work, nobody's given a damn about it - you know, what I thought. I find that I sort of like that, to get to keep it to myself. It's a bit bizarre.

I look back at my adolescence, and Im shocked at the things I did that were my idea of adult behavior.

So when things start going badly, you're invested in the characters in a way I think amplifies the horror and the fear because you're invested.

I didn’t find it difficult to live in the “Inherent Vice” world or play those scenes, because they just seemed so real.