If I had cast someone else who didn't have that kind of timing, it would have been leaden … - Nicole Holofcener

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Nicole Holofcener

If I had cast someone else who didn't have that kind of timing, it would have been leaden and one note. But Ann [Morgan Guilbert] made her really human and really funny without being caricatured or over the top. She feels like a real person.

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