Esther Zuckerman

She's a small woman.

And yet she appears in anything and you're like, this is the funniest, smartest, coolest, and hottest person who has ever lived.

I think there's a really another real positive function of her character, which is you're set up to think, oh, she's going to stir some shit or she's going to try to steal Depardieu and she's going to make a bigger mess or any of this stuff.

No, it's like you understand that this is Annie McDowell's closer friend.

that this is someone who can call Annie McDowell out on her shit, knows her well, cares about her, and also is like, this guy's interesting.

The co-sign of, I don't know, there's something kind of going on there.

It's less about that she's going to make a move on Depardieu and more that it forces Annie McDowell to reconsider.

Wait, you're interested in him?

Do you know what this movie feels like to me?

It's like eating a birthday cake and then being told after the fact.

this cake is entirely vegan.

There were no eggs.

Right?

Like, it's soybean frosting.

And you're just like, huh, it tasted good.

I didn't question it at all.

And the more I study how you were able to make this without doing the usual things, the more I have to, like, applaud you.

Right.

removes all the unhealthy ingredients in a way that is so unshowy that you're taking it for granted of like, yeah, it's like doing a rom-com thing.

And you're like, no, it's actually like harder.