-: We definitely adjusted Agnes P. Jurati to Alison Pill.
Oh, I mean, without question.
I mean, that character was ever evolving,
and then we met Alison.
I am mesmerized by this woman.
-: You are going to look for her, right?
-: She can pull you in with a silence.
She has all those things that the highest-quality actors
have, which are unimaginable to me,
but which they seem to do as if it's second nature.
-: I am a scientist who has spent her entire life imagining
a miracle, knowing that it could never come to pass,
and now it has.
And it's real. And I have to see her.
-: My favorite part of the process is you have a version
that you've written on the page,
but then you cast somebody and suddenly you begin
tailoring the part, and then all of the specific
wonderful -isms of each person begins
to manifest in the character.
-: You (laughs) drink when you're thirsty.
(sniffles)
That is so beautiful.