Julianne Moore

So you've created all these circumstances to be free and to have that moment to think like, what would that feel like? How can I make myself feel that? How can I engage in that? And the minute you say cut, you're like, oh, I did that. It's like a little bit like back with Bob Altman. He made you feel safe. He gave you a container so that you can explore this. And I think the instinct...

To act or for any creative endeavor, I think, I mean, I think there's pleasure involved. You know, why are we attracted to it? We don't have to do this. But like you start doing it and you're like, I like this. It feels good. There's pleasure in it.

To act or for any creative endeavor, I think, I mean, I think there's pleasure involved. You know, why are we attracted to it? We don't have to do this. But like you start doing it and you're like, I like this. It feels good. There's pleasure in it.

To act or for any creative endeavor, I think, I mean, I think there's pleasure involved. You know, why are we attracted to it? We don't have to do this. But like you start doing it and you're like, I like this. It feels good. There's pleasure in it.

Well, so as you mentioned earlier, you know, your first kind of big break was on As the World Turns. Yeah. I mean, my impression of being on a soap is that it's like you get in there, you have to cover like 30 pages in a day and it's just like, go, go, go, go, go. Is that what the process is like? It's really, really fast.

Well, so as you mentioned earlier, you know, your first kind of big break was on As the World Turns. Yeah. I mean, my impression of being on a soap is that it's like you get in there, you have to cover like 30 pages in a day and it's just like, go, go, go, go, go. Is that what the process is like? It's really, really fast.

Well, so as you mentioned earlier, you know, your first kind of big break was on As the World Turns. Yeah. I mean, my impression of being on a soap is that it's like you get in there, you have to cover like 30 pages in a day and it's just like, go, go, go, go, go. Is that what the process is like? It's really, really fast.

And you learn to be prepared, know your lines, know what you want to accomplish and then try to, you know, and then, and that's, I actually would watch myself on television to see how bad I was. Yeah. And it helped.

And you learn to be prepared, know your lines, know what you want to accomplish and then try to, you know, and then, and that's, I actually would watch myself on television to see how bad I was. Yeah. And it helped.

And you learn to be prepared, know your lines, know what you want to accomplish and then try to, you know, and then, and that's, I actually would watch myself on television to see how bad I was. Yeah. And it helped.

That was like an early version of watching yourself in the playback.

That was like an early version of watching yourself in the playback.

That was like an early version of watching yourself in the playback.

Yeah, it kind of was. Because I would be like, I was stiff. I had a terrible voice. I sort of had a voice like this on television. I didn't know how to relax. I didn't know how to do it. So it was a really way to learn.

Yeah, it kind of was. Because I would be like, I was stiff. I had a terrible voice. I sort of had a voice like this on television. I didn't know how to relax. I didn't know how to do it. So it was a really way to learn.

Yeah, it kind of was. Because I would be like, I was stiff. I had a terrible voice. I sort of had a voice like this on television. I didn't know how to relax. I didn't know how to do it. So it was a really way to learn.

Todd Haynes, who you've made, I believe, five movies with at this point, of course. There's Safe, Far From Heaven, most recently May, December. But we have a clip from Safe. Basically, you're playing Carol White, who is a woman living in L.A. in the 80s. And she's like redecorating her living room and stuff.

Todd Haynes, who you've made, I believe, five movies with at this point, of course. There's Safe, Far From Heaven, most recently May, December. But we have a clip from Safe. Basically, you're playing Carol White, who is a woman living in L.A. in the 80s. And she's like redecorating her living room and stuff.

Todd Haynes, who you've made, I believe, five movies with at this point, of course. There's Safe, Far From Heaven, most recently May, December. But we have a clip from Safe. Basically, you're playing Carol White, who is a woman living in L.A. in the 80s. And she's like redecorating her living room and stuff.

And suddenly she starts experiencing these bouts of mysterious affliction, like a coughing fit or a runny nose. And she's not sure what's happening with her. This is a scene with her and her psychiatrist. So let's take a look. Do you work?