
So in a way, no one was guiding the other on how to live.

He was one of the men I was competing with one of the men I vanquished. We met at Sundance with our first movies. It’s been 12 years and it’s more or less like our first date. I don’t know if I’m recommending this, but it really keeps it new. Everyone’s ready at all times to have to be alone. We were two people who frankly thought we’d be fine if we weren’t married, and decided to try it… until it sails off. My husband and I are two people who never thought we’d be married. Sometimes I’d be told: “Go kiss Grandpa, we’ll hold back Sam.” Samantha would be seething and going wild as I crept towards my grandpa, who I didn’t want to kiss anyway. When I met my husband, he already had two dogs, and I think we both downplayed our relationship to dogs at the beginning.

But in my defence, I’m married to one of the greatest dog-lovers on earth. On the other hand, I guess he’s learning about the importance of writing down an idea. Sometimes I’ll turn and write something down on my phone, and now my four-year-old son has just started saying: “Oh, do you have an idea?” Part of me is like, oh shit, I’ve been busted that I’m not thinking about him. If I have an idea, I have to write it down right then.
