I did this scene in 'Lars and the Real Girl' where I was in a room full of old ladies who were knitting, and it was an all-day scene, so they showed me how. It was one of the most relaxing days of my life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It sounds a bit sad, but my new hobby is knitting. I love it. I find it really relaxing.
Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
I did this one scene in an episode of 'General Hospital', and that was my first job down in L.A. It was, like, my second audition, and I was like, 'Woo! This is easy! This is fun!' That was a really cool moment for me.
I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set.
Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.
If you do a scene the right way, you can go home at the end of the day and really feel like you accomplished something.
It was my first scene. My first day. We could have started with me drinking a beer, something a little less than having Barbies touching each other. But they started with that.
I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really horrible.
Julia Roberts taught me how to knit on the set of 'Mona Lisa Smile.'