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Is it hard to shoot love scenes? Does it get easier?! How do you do it?! |
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No! It doesn’t get easier! It takes willingness. And thinking I did sign a contract and will get fired if I don’t! |
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Is it harder now that you are married? |
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No comment! |
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Your character keeps engaging in negative behavior on the love front. Why do think this happens so often? |
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She does the same thing over and over, but expects a different result. My friend Samantha’s mom will talk about boyfriends like the tester pancake — that there’s a really healthy way to date, experiment, practice and learn skills — and say, “Well, that was a pretty good pancake, but not the best one. There’s going to be something further in the batch that’s really the better pancake for me.” I think it’s that way with relationships as well. Lucy is in that rut where she can’t get past doing the same tester pancake, over and over again. |
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Have you done that in your own life? |
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Doing the same thing over and over again?! Absolutely! That is the definition of insanity. That’s what Lucy was doing with going to the bar, and with sleeping with men. Thank goodness that wasn’t the particular area where I did the same thing over and over, and expected different results! One kinda thinks of it like you should do something more or do it faster or more completely to get a different result, instead of backing up and saying, “Something is not working. The process is broken. I need to find a different process.” |
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What do you think is the overall message that dating single people can take away from watching this film? |
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No one is going to fill you up. It’s an inside job. No person, place or thing can possibly take care of that lonely place inside. And, you can’t really borrow someone else’s God either. You have to find a God of your own understanding. |
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And what about single people who are debating when to take that next step in intimacy? |
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Everyone has their own path in that area. I know what I would say to a close friend, and that is to just be conscious of your choices. |
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Interview conducted at the AFI Film Fest. Contributing entertainment editor Susan L. Hornik lives in Los Angeles.
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Q&A With… Déj