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The best thing about working with Woody, other than just getting to spend every day chatting with him, bothering him and poking him to make sure he's still awake, is that he writes such fantastic female roles. He has such an appreciation for the intricacies of the female mind. I think he would say that we're a superior species or something. He really loves women.

It makes every day a pleasure to come to set and see his little smiling face. We've formulated such a comfortable working relationship that we communicate almost silently, as friends kind of do. If something seems strange to me, he'll be able to explain the psychology, and it's nice to be directed like that.

On The Steamy Threesome Scene

There's a lot of chemistry between the characters and all of us as actors, and that's where the steaminess comes from. There's such a chemistry between the characters, even my character's kind of surprised by it herself, but it's not really explicit. These characters fall in love, and people that fall in love are intimate.

When you're shooting there are like 60 grown men eating salami sandwiches. Nobody cares when you're doing it. From all the press that we got out of this one kiss you'd think that it was some crazy X-rated movie. I mean it's Woody; the idea of Woody Allen's "steamiest film" is so ridiculous to me. (laughs) It's not like it's Bertolucci or something. Woody's so conservative with that kind of thing. It is sweet.

On Javier Bardem

Javier's such a gentleman, and a gentle man, that it was an easy day's work. They pay me to do this? Well, on a Woody Allen movie no one necessarily pays you to do it, but at least you're sort of semi-employed.