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Yeah.

And, like, you only need one per ...

And, um, but yeah, we started rehearsing, and, like- ... a couple weeks in, I was like, "Shit." [gasps] I was like, "I think I like my friend." And I was like, "That is not a good idea." [laughs] Like, really not a good idea.

And, uh, basically...

How do I make this long story short? Okay.

Take your time, Ali- No, there's- ... 'cause I'm, like, on the edge of my seat.

So does the dog have, the dog has its own psychic?

So walk me through how you got into that mindset and was able to pretty much rift off of the family members in the film.

I mean, I think it's a pretty universal dilemma, especially in our country and with the state of health care and how many family members are actually responsible for caregiving.

So Liz mentioned that I have a friend, my friend Brian, who is ALS, but I also have one of my best friends from childhood has a disabled daughter who needs 24-hour medical care.

And so I have seen the pressures of caregiving firsthand, but I think... more generally, even if you don't have somebody who's sick, I think the dilemma of what you owe to your family and what you owe to yourself, that individual versus the collective thing is And I think especially as an Asian person, you know, even though this is an adoptee story, I can certainly relate to just the pursuing art and feeling like is that frivolous generally, you know, and that struggle to feel like when your elders have sacrificed a lot or come from countries where there is so much struggle to be pursuing a life of art sometimes feels like it's selfish.

And I think that I could really relate to that question that in the film, you know, the character that I play is wrestling with real physical obligations and need and also the reality that she does have her own life.

And how do you she's stuck between a rock and a hard place, you know, like either option is going to leave her losing something.

So, you know, thinking a little bit, Ali, of like the mental health space, how are you able to kind of take care of yourself as you're playing this character and then going home and trying to decompress? Because I imagine it's very hard to separate yourself when you're kind of in it.

Yeah, I mean, I think that...