http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/brie-larsons-20-year-climb-857011

"Amy allows us to laugh about things that have been [taboo] for so long," says Larson. "[Society's] feeling is: 'Do not discuss. Don't you dare.' And Amy says, 'Why? Being a human is super funny.' "

Schumer gave Larson a laundry list of favorite sketches to watch and introduced her to the doorman at the Comedy Cellar in New York, telling him, "This is Brie; let her come in whenever she wants." Larson sat in the back of the club, drinking water and watching one brilliant stand-up after another. "The first time I went, I actually started crying, which I don't think is what you are supposed to do at a comedy club. But I was so inspired," says Larson. "I would watch someone talking about his problems with his crazy sociopath girlfriend, and the way he worked out and unlocked the story was the same thing I was doing in Short Term 12." She remembers running up to Schumer and Apatow after one show and shouting, "Comedy is the superior medium!"

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/jennifer-lawrence-cate-blanchett-six-841113

MULLIGAN: There's always the things that you think are going to be tough. I've been nude once, and I was like, "Oh, that's going to be a nightmare," and actually that was fine. It's kind of, "F— it, now I'm naked and everyone else isn't. This is hilarious." But [the toughest part of acting] is never a single thing. It's more like a whole character. I find film really difficult — trying to make it feel like a consistent character when you're filming everything out of order.