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Elizabeth Olsen says she stays centered by writing in a diary every morning: “It really helps”

“I write in my diary in the morning. Sometimes it's just about what happened yesterday,” Olsen continues. “Sometimes it's about what I'm reading. Sometimes it's about work. It's kind of about everything.”

Elizabeth Olsen Instyle Magazine, 2025

"It made me think about my husband," she says. In the same breath, she describes herself as very independent and their relationship as "very codependent. I adore him." The two sound like black belt cinephile snobs in the best way. Arnett and Olsen have even collaborated on a duo of children's books centered on a bespectacled cat who shares coping mechanisms for anxiety: Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective. "But seriously, that's how [Robbie is] going to go in his old age, just choking on pretzels. You know? Just kind of like mindless bickering and then choking on a pretzel."