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I never get to talk to actresses as much as I'd like to, so thank God that Oscar winner, Emmy winner, Helen Hunt is here, also director herself.

Her newest film is as actress.

She's co-starring in The Sessions, which had a great debut at Sundance and won a special jury prize for the ensemble.

First of all, thanks so much for being here, Helen.

Thank you. I'm so much for being here. Thank you.

I'm so happy to be here.

Just looking at so many of the things I've seen you do, I saw you do Our Town

out here, and you did, did you as you like it?

Much to do about nothing.

Yeah.

And I always find so attracted when you played decisive characters, because your body

language is so different.

I mean, just looking at the character, for example, you play in the sessions.

I mean, she's so incredibly physically con.

She almost talks like somebody who's used to being heard.

I mean, the way she addresses people, she pulls herself up, and she's very specific.

And I wondered, for example, in the sessions sessions where that came from that kind of

I know you'd based it's over on her but it's not all because there's a sharpness

in her voice that you don't quite have you know I looked at the whole piece of

material and John Hawks and Bill Macy's character talk about me for half an hour

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