lena dunham. >> jimmy: lena dunham had a part in the movie. you ask them? has it ever happened to you? >> it has happened. it has happened before. it all depends on like their schedule. are they available? i can honestly say i haven't had too many people say no, i don't like the script, no, i don't think the part is right for me. i haven't had that happen in a little bit. >> jimmy: that's nice. that's a lovely luxury to have, isn't it? >> i only ask people i think are going to say yes, though. >> jimmy: well, yeah, why not? with this movie did you show the actors -- i know sometimes you like to sit an actor down and say i want you to watch this movie or let's watch these movies together. it's almost like a film school kind of situation. >> oh, yeah, no -- >> jimmy: did you do that with this one? >> especially when it came to the era, 1969, i showed him -- we showed the crew movies like "model shop" or "bob and carol ted and alice." it was really cool. "easy rider." but one of the things that was really fun that ended up being a crazy coinciden