Well, first, there's a book, The Price of Salt, written from my character's point of view, so all the work is pretty much done. The book tells you pretty much everything you need to know. And then the script is a beautifully adapted version of the book. I had several months talking to Todd Haynes about it—he had done so much research that he shared with Cate and me. He made this book full of references of how he wanted the movie to look and feel—all these photographs from that era that inspired him. And he sent, like, five different mix CDs—like, not even playlists, but actual CDs—with all the songs that inspired him for the film. He gave me a bunch of movies to watch. So I kind of knew before I got there what kind of movie I was going to be in. I knew the movie that he was going for, and that's really helpful.
