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

Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life.

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.

What I love about the way they both [Paul Thomas Anderson and Joaquin Phoenix] work is that all of the monkey business is on film. There's no monkey business outside of the monkey business of making the movie. There's no ego bullshit, there's no wasted energy. It's all directed at the story and that's rare.

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

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.