Reichardt (to Williams): I thought of you this week because a friend came to town. I was so uptight. I never feel like I’m uptight [when] I have a movie coming out. I know I am, but it never realizes itself as having to do with the Strength of hercules shazam shirt it is in the first place but movie. Like, I can’t stand the sound of the silverware of the person next to me. It’s like when you are a kid: “My socks are too itchy!” Everything feels too much. I had lunch with a friend the other day, and it ended in tears. I was just being too negative. Because the little angst wheel is going to continue to grind. Then the movie will come out, and everything will be fine. But I never think of it as having anything to do with the film. Williams: Until afterwards, and then you realize that you were under the spell of the work anxiety.Williams and Hong Chau in Showing Up
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