point nut right direction, and i think given this is the guy who made bananas and interiors, and andrew daisuke, and louis c.k.-- >> rose: who are both in there. >> and you think which way is this going to fall? i read the script and thought this is absurd and hilarious. >> rose: both comedy and drama. >> yes, and three weeks in, woody said to me, "you know, this is a serious movie." geez! if he'd said that it me on day one. that's what makes his films so edible, i think. >> rose: edible? >> yes, such a strong sense of audience. >> rose: you can chew on lemons, digest them-- >> he-- because he walks that line between the absurd and the painful. >> rose: between the absurd and the painful. see, this is what i love about you. that just comes rolling out, perhaps not having thought about it before. it is between the absurd and the painful. >> it is. >> gl clearly. >> life is an incredibly difficult thing. >> rose: really? i thought otherwise. do you find him in a particular interesting prld in his own life? he's 77 now. he's created a whole series of interesting women characters and you've played

point nut right direction, and i think given this is the guy who made bananas and interiors, and andrew daisuke, and louis c.k.-- >> rose: who are both in there. >> and you think which way is this going to fall? i read the script and thought this is absurd and hilarious. >> rose: both comedy and drama. >> yes, and three weeks in, woody said to me, "you know, this is a serious movie." geez! if he'd said that it me on day one. that's what makes his films so edible, i think. >> rose: edible? >> yes, such a strong sense of audience. >> rose: you can chew on lemons, digest them-- >> he-- because he walks that line between the absurd and the painful. >> rose: between the absurd and the painful. see, this is what i love about you. that just comes rolling out, perhaps not having thought about it before. it is between the absurd and the painful. >> it is. >> gl clearly. >> life is an incredibly difficult thing. >> rose: really? i thought otherwise. do you find him in a particular interesting prld in his own life? he's 77 now. he's created a whole series of interesting women characters and you've played

point nut right direction, and i think given this is the guy who made bananas and interiors, and andrew daisuke, and louis c.k.-- >> rose: who are both in there. >> and you think which way is this going to fall? i read the script and thought this is absurd and hilarious. >> rose: both comedy and drama. >> yes, and three weeks in, woody said to me, "you know, this is a serious movie." geez! if he'd said that it me on day one. that's what makes his films so edible, i think. >> rose: edible? >> yes, such a strong sense of audience. >> rose: you can chew on lemons, digest them-- >> he-- because he walks that line between the absurd and the painful. >> rose: between the absurd and the painful. see, this is what i love about you. that just comes rolling out, perhaps not having thought about it before. it is between the absurd and the painful. >> it is. >> gl clearly. >> life is an incredibly difficult thing. >> rose: really? i thought otherwise. do you find him in a particular interesting prld in his own life? he's 77 now. he's created a whole series of interesting women characters and you've played