But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where I wouldn't have expected him to be - taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend's wife.

If we really look at each other closely and listen to what we say to each other in tense moments, we can be really cruel.

Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

It's quite flukey in its own way that I'd go to a place so one- sided.

And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.

I didn't choose BYU, I like to think it chose me.

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

Especially as relationships go, we're too quick to say the easiest way is to end it because we don't want to do the work.

But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together.