castles in the air

Planting subtle hints? Please, you practically made it a art form there, and I respect the hustle. You didn't miss the invitation, it was clearly intercepted by an owl with this conversation we are having. But thank you so much for the birthday love just the same. I will absolutely take the trade, August 20th is officially locked in my calendar. What are we doing for it though? As for the Hogwarts of it all, listen, the universe works in mysterious ways. Yup all of the first three he was in. Clearly, the magic is just following me around at this point. And being ten steps ahead? Always. It’s my survival mechanism if nothing else.

intercepted by an owl? seems like we really are at hogwarts. i knew you were far too connected to that world for it to just be a coincidence. august 20th is officially locked in, and as for what we're doing... well, i'm not about to spoil the surprise now, am i? where's the fun in that? though now that i think about it, the surprise should go both ways, since we're celebrating both birthdays. maybe the magic really does keep following you around... or maybe you're just the common denominator. i'm leaning towards the latter. i don't doubt it for a second. i've just accepted that by the time i've figured out what game we're playing, you've already won it.

Of course I will! I'll be annoying everybody with my recommendation. I understand what you mean, once you put what you do know about him into the context, filling in the gaps is a little easier. Plus, I suppose, you take whatever direction you get from the script and how the character develops, because even though you're playing a real person, it's a fictionalised version, so there is some room to play. That's an actor's dream, though, finding a balance of all that!

exactly. you owe the real person a huge amount of respect, but at the same time it's not a documentary. there's always going to be an element of interpretation because none of us can know what someone was thinking in every moment of their life. once you've done the research, there comes a point where you have to trust your instincts, otherwise you'd completely paralyse yourself trying to get every tiny detail right. i actually quite enjoy that balancing act. it's scary but rewarding at the end, i imagine that's why so many actors are drawn to playing real people in the first place.

the gentleness being the main point, since i know i've frustrated people to the point of snapping at me. not that i can blame them, but just makes me value the folks who have a gentle technique about pulling me out of my head all the more. none of us are perfect, though you've always been calming vibes to me, and that always makes any struggle a little easier, in my opinion. they're the best in the business, so i'd almost be proud of being replaced by any of them. what, you don't think you could pull off any of my roles? because i think you could! meanwhile, no one could believe me as spiderman. i'm so glad you like the painting more than sort of okay. at least that's what i can tell people if they judge it at all, like you try painting andrew when he's making faces the whole time! blessed, the word i was looking for when my mind conjured good curse, which i guess exists there now. the perfect parking spot, all the green lights, just go all out. if you end up framing the painting, i'm just going to cover my face every time i come see you, since you know i'll be red the whole time.

i think that's why your friends stick around, though. because they know you don't take that gentleness for granted. we all end up in our own heads sometimes, and i genuinely believe people remember how you made them feel far more than whether you had the perfect words. i'm just glad i've managed to bring you a little bit of peace now and then! makes me feel better about myself somehow. i certainly don't think i could pull off your roles quite like you do. that's the funny thing about acting, the best performances always make you think no one else could've done that. i feel exactly that way whenever i watch you. maybe spidergirl? you'd probably have made a good one! i stand by what i said, if anyone dares criticise it, i'll remind them they can try painting someone who refuses to sit still and keeps pulling ridiculous faces. i'm absolutely stealing "good curse." you've invented it now, and i'm claiming it as part of my vocabulary. if people don't understand, that's entirely their problem. i'm afraid the painting is getting framed regardless of how much you blush. in fact i might just be pointing at it every now and then during your visits, might hold it and put it in your face so you have no other choice but to look at it.

it's true and at this stage, there's really no turning it off since it's been so long. whatever works, right? though, there might be sometimes where i'm living through you during those genuine moments you have. plenty of people get caught up in saying 'yes'. it's like they don't want to disappoint or get a reputation but it could end up leading to worse sometimes. i'm glad you're in a place where you know what you want and are able to stay true to it, too. i'm sure it will be. i don't think there's any doubts about that when your name's attached to something. please do. i can't wait for the review and if you want to get a taste, i did release one song from it already.

i promise i'll happily lend you some of my forced relaxation whenever you need it. i'm quite good at sitting in for three hours convincing myself that's a productive use of the day. i don't think anyone gets into this industry without going through that phase where you feel like every opportunity might be your last, but learning when to say no has probably been one of the healthiest things i've done. you give me far too much credit, though! people would argue there might be some projects out there that aren't worth the watch, with me in it. i absolutely will give your album a proper listen. i'll cheat a little and start with that single you said you've already released, prepare for the opinion from the least appropriate person to have one.

maybe hang out? andrew, you already know if you're coming to a show, we're definitely hanging out afterwards... right? or i've done a really bad job at showing you how this cute friendship thing between us works. hm, while straight up giving you a vip badge and backstage access sounds like fun, i like the idea of you working for it. i'll say get me my favorite swedish snacks, shoot me one of those cute dimpled smiles and maybe also a drink at a small, hole-in-the-wall bar where people will look at me weird because i'm glammed up, and we can call it even? if i get a good luck hug and a wink at the when we head to the show, that might just make me pass out.

now that sounds more like it. i'm glad we're on the same page here, love. i'll happily stay after the show, steal you away for a bit, and tell you all about how brilliant you were. i mean, not like you need anyone to tell you but it's nice to be reminded at from time to time, yeah? you've given me a very achievable mission. swedish snacks? done. a drink in some tiny little bar where you're outrageously overdressed and everyone thinks we've wandered into the wrong place? even better. the smile comes free of charge, i'm afraid. are you sure you could take the hug and a wink? i mean, if you make it past the dimpled smile, it's a true risk.

I think years of friendship, emotional support, and just being awesome have absolutely earned me veto power. At the very least, I deserve a trial period. And yes, you are obviously awesome. I wasn't disputing that part. I just refuse to believe someone as curious as you is capable of having a "boring" life, but okay, whatever you say. I have been trying to slow down a little since getting home. I've mostly been spending time with Taylor and River, sleeping an embarrassing amount, and reminding myself that it's okay to just exist for a while.

you think so, but i'm not so sure. what if you veto the future love of my life? what do we do then? that's a risk i'm not sure i'm willing to take. my life's exciting for the most part, but right now it's actually been pretty quiet. i go through phases like that every now and then, where everything slows down and i almost don't know what to do with myself. i think we forget it's okay for life to be a little boring sometimes. what you're describing sounds quite lovely! that's probably healthier than we like to admit. i hope you're letting yourself enjoy it, without feeling too guilty about it, i have a feeling you've earned every minute of it.

See? I knew it. It's the accent. If I tried to say something thoughtful, my American trash accent would come out, and then ask me what kind of ranch dressing I use. You, on the other hand, can say something, and everyone collectively needs a minute. Also, dormant sounds healthy. I don't know how to do that. If I have too much time off, I start convincing myself I should reorganize my entire life for no reason. And I think you're selling yourself short. Listening is a skill. I, unfortunately, tend to listen, relate too hard, and then accidentally overshare a story from 2011 that no one asked for. Bribery, okay, I was thinking dinner. You pretend to teach me emotional intelligence, I pretend I'm a good student, and we both know I'll interrupt the lesson halfway through because I got distracted by something shiny.

i think you're massively underestimating the power of an american accent. yours has people hanging onto every word too. the british accent is all smoke and mirrors. the second i say something remotely profound, i immediately ruin it by asking where the nearest greggs is. dormant sounds healthy, but in practice i spent about three days enjoying it before i started wondering whether i should learn italian, renovate my house, or whatever. i think actors are just fundamentally incapable of relaxing without inventing a project for themselves. i think you're selling yourself short. the fact you relate so deeply to people is half the reason everyone likes talking to you in the first place. the 2011 story might be entirely unnecessary, but i bet it makes whoever you're talking to feel a little less alone. now that's a negotiation i can get behind. we'll call it emotional intelligence 101.

You know this is a very smooth way to get me to give you a gift. And brave cause guess what is tomorrow, my birthday. But don't worry you already got it wheeling in my mind what I am going to get you, your satisfaction level with it to be determined by how much I think the gift fits you sir. I kid but of course I want you to like it. I mean really that is the last thing you should do. Just hopefully I get the spells right and not fuck up that one thing that turns me into a Hogwarts lesson. If I admitted it would that still have me ten steps ahead?

well, of course! i love gifts, and i'm certainly not above planting the occasional subtle hint if it improves my chances. i like to think it's a very effective strategy. wait, i can't believe i missed your birthday. i must've missed my invitation to the party too... just kidding! happy belated birthday! i hope you had the best time and that you were thoroughly spoiled. oh, really? in that case, you can just wait until august 20th, that's my birthday, and i'll send you your late birthday present too. fair trade! i'm also amazed by how deeply intertwined your life seems to be with hogwarts. wasn't your ex an extra in the films? and you're a witch too... i love this. you'll always be ten steps ahead!

I wouldn't announce that fact to just anyone. As it appears, I actually must trust you, Andrew. Don't break my heart by proving me wrong. Can't you see how much faith I have in you these days? If I were to become a spy, no one would know. You think James Bond is great? He has absolutely nothing on me and I'm appalled you would never doubt my methods. Thank you, kind Sir. That's all I asked for. For once, it seems as though our schedules have aligned. Can't remember the last time I spoke to you where you weren't filming Hollywood's next big thing, but it's nice. You deserve to take a backseat and hell, I deserve to have your full focus on me. See, now you're thinking like a proper gentleman. For the good of the world, don't you think you should come and spend some one on one with me? A girl gets awfully lonely, you know.

you trust me? i feel deeply honoured here! that's a lot of responsibility you've just handed me, you know. i'll do my very best not to let you down. now i'm questioning everything… that's exactly what a world-class spy would want me to think. you're playing the long game. james bond wishes he had your commitment to the bit. we're both glad that for once you've actually caught me at a quieter moment, feels like a miracle. i have absolutely no objections to giving you my undivided attention for a while. in fact, i think it's probably in everyone's best interest that i come and keep you company before you start causing trouble out of boredom. really, i'm doing a public service.

the past superhero in me loves that idea, but at the sametime i am just thinking of how much the body would hurt. you might need a few days just to bounce back form that. i am assuming that you are a foodie? the next canada fifa game, but i don't think that will happen. they have never made it this far in fifa, so its going to be one for the books.

Without the pain, too! I'm absolutely a foodie, never turn down a good meal. I think one of life's greatest tragedies is reaching the point where you're full but the food's still so good you want to keep going. Football has surprised us plenty of times before, when do they play? Is it today?

i usually start wondering that, too, during the rare down moments. i take a breath in my own house and wonder how long it's been since i've been there or how i did whatever and then go right back to doing it. perks of going since i was a kid, i guess. of course, i know how it is and as much as i want something sooner, i know that it's a matter of the right project and the entire process. that's enough to get me excited for the next thing then since i know it'll be something you actually wanted to do. thank you! and just about a month to go now. it's dropping july 31st. you'll have to let me know if it ends up being worth the wait.

I think that's probably the only life you've ever really known, isn't it? I'm the opposite in that I eventually start craving those moments, even if it's just a few days to remind myself what being actually rested looks like before I'm itching to get going again. I think it's one of those lessons this job teaches you eventually, it's so easy to say yes to everything, but I've realised I'd much rather disappear for a little while and come back with something I'm genuinely excited about than just be on screen for the sake of it. I really hope the next thing will actually be worth the wait for you! Oh, well now I've got a date to look forward to. July 31st is officially in the diary. I'll absolutely let you know what I think. I'm already rooting for it before I've even heard a single track.

please be careful using your charm on me because it has taken me nearly a decade of our friendship for me to be immune to it. that certainly doesn't mean i can't get 'sick' sometimes. my best traits are just a reflection of you, dear. i'm a mirror to your most fantastic qualities, so don't forget that. and exactly, you definitely don't exude toxic. hell, i'm curious to this day what the most toxic thing you've ever even done would be. tell me, are you a snoop through a girlfriend's phone type? subtweeter? or are you, simply, as perfect as they come? let's go pitch this romantasy immediately. who wouldn't want to see us fall in love on screen? saved by andrew garfield... what a dream. ah, i see. we're not on the active dating site lifestyle either. i don't blame you for being selective or waiting it out. you deserve the absolute best. and kind was already a given. i imagine you need someone to match your vibe and you're the epitome of kind and funny. don't worry, i'll make sure to be on the lookout for you.

You can't fire back with compliments, Carey. That's not allowed, that's cheating. Well, being told I don't exude toxicity is nothing short of a glowing endorsement, so I'll happily take that. I'm afraid you're going to be terribly disappointed 'cause I'm definitely not a phone snooper, I've never had a Twitter, but if I've got an issue, I'd much rather just have the awkward conversation and get it over with so I would've never subtweeted. But now I'm afraid to enumerate my red flags out loud, though. Let's do it immediately, I honestly can't think of a stronger selling point than this. I'd buy a ticket. And thank you! I think I've just reached a point where I'm happy waiting rather than forcing anything. If the right person comes along, brilliant. If not, life's still pretty good. But you can keep an eye out for me, I trust your judgement. No pressure or anything. Just casually find me the perfect woman. Should be easy enough.

i'm taking a much needed break, so while i've got plenty planned, i desperately needed one so here we are. with this in mind, we really ought to have time to get together. we can be in the highly competitive field of doing absolutely nothing every single day, competing against one another, but maybe i'll force you to the gym with me if you make your way out to la. i truly believed we were better than this. next time we're in the same place? we're not waiting for chance, no... we're making our own destiny. hop on a plane, man.

I fully support a schedule that consists primarily of absolutely nothing, now that sounds like my kind of break. I think I'd give you a proper run for your money in that competition, although the second you mentioned the gym I realised I'd probably lose on points. I'll happily come to LA, but are you ready to hear me complaining? I haven't worked out in a minute. I couldn't agree more. We've relied on coincidence for far too long and coincidence has been slacking. I'll be hopping on that plane soon, escaping the heat in London to enjoy the LA weather... what a good trade.

i'm a big fan of your work, i've probably seen everything you've put out a few times over. so i must say i'm really looking forward to wild things, i just know it's going to be amazing and you're going to embody the role of roy perfectly. i've always been so curious about siegfried & roy and all their animals, so i know i'm going to enjoy watching it, even though i know it'll end up breaking my heart too. but there are a few movies of yours that have broken my heart, so i'm rather used to it. // @andrewgarfied

That's so kind of you to say! I always feel incredibly lucky when people are willing to come back for whatever story I'm telling next. I'm really excited for Wild Things, too. Roy is such a fascinating person to try and understand. There's so much more to him than the image most people have in their heads, and that's what drew me to the project. It's a story that's full of wonder and spectacle, but also a great deal of humanity and heartbreak, which, as you've noticed, does seem to be a genre I accidentally keep finding myself in. I promise I'm not actively seeking out roles designed to make everyone cry... although the evidence isn't exactly on my side.

Well thank you that's very reassuring. I don't have to send you a retirement gift any time soon. Ah you seem the type to back yourself out of it. Damn no one has said use all my witchcraft before and Im kind of feeling the power form it, hold on. What do you know about my brilliant mind? No you are kind

You don't, but maybe you should start thinking about my gift now, see what you're going to get me, so that when the time comes you won't be caught off guard. I absolutely love that you're embracing your witchcraft. I knew there was untapped power there just waiting to be unleashed. Now go and use it wisely... or don't, I'm not here to tell a powerful witch how to live her life. I just know, is it untrue? I have a feeling you've got one of those minds that's constantly ten steps ahead of everyone else.