Are you actually working on it? If you are going to have a fourth angel, do you have any ideas on who it might be?
Drew Barrymore: "No, not yet on Charlie’s III. It’s still incubating in all of our hearts. As far as getting a cast, Nan, Ken [Kwapis], Marc [Silverstein] and Abby [Kohn] had a vision. They had a tone in the writing. The most important thing is the script. It’s the temple and you can’t go in and do anything without it. Everyone obviously decided to do this because of the writing, because they liked the idea of working with each other and the characters, and because Ken and Nan’s tone was to make this real and honest. People are in sweatpants, and they're talking and the dialogue isn’t bubblegum. It’s real life, and it’s exciting to come across a project that’s a good discussion and a look inside of what we’re all really going through. These are not fantastical story lines where it’s somebody misses somebody in an airport, and somebody’s a prince. This is what we’re all really dealing with. So, it’s an amazing opportunity for all of us to get to work on a project that’s relatable."
Have you had read the book and what was one piece of common sense advice from the book you really wanted to get through in the movie?
Scarlett Johansson: "Kevin’s read the book. [Laughing] First, say how you read the book. It such a sweet anecdote."
Kevin Connolly: "I had a girlfriend who actually had it on the nightstand. She would be reading it and hmm'ing and haa'ing and complaining and asking me strange questions. So when she wasn’t there, I started flipping through it and I realized, 'This is a bad idea.' I put it down. So I was very aware of the book and when the movie came along, obviously, when I got the role, I read the book. And I’m the only one."
Ginnifer Goodwin: "I bought the book."
Drew Barrymore: "I read the book."
Kevin Connolly: "I’m the only guy in the movie that read the book."
Ginnifer Goodwin: "It was important for me because my character cannot have this information until the end of the story."
Justin Long: "Yeah, yeah. I’m sure."
Ginnifer Goodwin: "Come on, I need some props here! [Laughing] I mean, my character still doesn’t get the point throughout her lessons from Alex, the bartender. She becomes obsessed with the sign reading and wasting life in that way. I did buy the book, and I did a lot of other homework. I read the book the second we were done with the film, and I’m glad I hadn’t read it before."
Kevin Connolly: "So you have read the book?"
Ginnifer Goodwin: "I have now. Clearly before this conference today I had to go home and cram some in last night, after all the hell you all gave me yesterday. No, I did read it right after we wrapped, and I don’t think you can read that book without gaining some inner strength and becoming maybe a little less tolerant of foolishness. I did not want to have that strength in my heart while filming."
Drew Barrymore: "I think there’s something so great as well about Justin’s character and your friends not coddling you, but being honest. You think that you’re helping your friend by making him feel better, when really the truth will get them so much further in life. So sage wisdom about how to keep evolving in relationships is fantastic."
Justin Long: "And sometimes that wisdom is so much simpler than what the person’s actually looking for and how they’re looking for it. People tend to over-analyze a lot in these situations, and each of these characters is an example of that. They deconstruct it to a point where it doesn’t make sense."
Ginnifer Goodwin: "And then deconstructing your lessons to the point that don’t make any sense."
Justin Long: "Right. So at one point you need somebody to just shake you and say, 'Shut up. It’s right there. He’s just not that into you.' [Laughing] But sing it like that."
Ginnifer Goodwin: "It softens the blow."
Ginnifer, what is your advice for getting over a broken heart?
Ginnifer Goodwin: "Well, I’m a girl’s girl, and honest to God I have had girlfriends and sisters come pick me up from break up locations. I’ve actually said in the middle of break ups, 'I’m so sorry, I need to call a sister.' 'Can you please come get me and bring me Starbucks?' This has happened and I have the best girlfriends in the world, and I’ve learned about myself that it’s absolutely fine to have a certain level of co-dependence. That is, I might need a slumber party for a week straight, and eat an awful lot of boxes of cookies. Yeah, I’m all about embracing the girlfriends."
Justin, do you have any advice for getting over a broken heart?
Justin Long: "I would say the same exact thing. Slumber parties and cookies. You know, makeovers. [Laughing] Just being with family and friends, and just being with people who love you and you love. Just existing in that until the wounds have healed."
To all the guys, women are always talking to each other about their relationships like they do in the film. If you guys have good guy pals, do you get together and talk that much about it?
Kevin Connolly: "I usually keep everything just built up. I’m serious, actually. I take naps. When I feel bad, I take a nap. It’s the greatest thing."
Justin Long: "I do the same thing. I take like eight naps a day."
Seriously?
Justin Long: "Seriously. [Laughing] I do actually. I have a couple of really close friends that I talk to about everything. […]I think guys talk just as much as women, unless I just have gossipy friends. But yeah, I definitely rely pretty heavily on them."
