For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

Maybe I'll put my iPod in two minutes before. But truly, I've listened to actors say that they loved to listen to music before a shot, and I really understand that now because it puts you in the mood and gives you energy.

It's a once-in-a-lifetime event for all of us, something like this.

Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

I fell in love with Crawford because when she was twenty or twenty five, she would dance and talk and sing and do the things that Peppy's character needs to do.