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THC: Most of the characters in Magnolia only interact with one or two others. That's unusual with such a sprawling cast. How does it change the group dynamic that was so obviously at play in Boogie Nights?
JR: Yeah, it's odd... This was a very challenging movie for all of us to make after the kind of picnic we had on Boogie Nights. But at the same time, we all know each other really well, so it wasn't like there's some stranger doing some...
THC: This is your third collaboration with Paul, and because of your friendship and mutual respect, he's able to write characters for you, and other members of the cast, not just with you in mind, but knowing that you are going to play the part.
THC: Do you think it's ever a risk, because Paul does know you so well, that the characters he writes for you are too specific to you, that they're not enough of a stretch of your abilities?
JR: It's always challenging. It's just such a rare opportunity to do anything that's truthful. Most of the time, you're just trying to when you do these larger Hollywood movies that are very genre- specific, they try to just get you to do it by numbers...