Before deGuzman knew what sex and love addiction was, she just thought she was crazy.
At some point everything just needs to crash in your world in order for you to finally change.
People need sex and need love.
When it becomes an addiction is when it actually destroys your life.
Where maybe I didnt go to work because a guy didnt text me back.
For me, I became very suicidal over people not liking me back.
It was such an extreme reaction to these things.
Then you know its a problem.
Your character has many ups and downs with recovery.
You really showed the messy parts of addiction, including the relapses.
It shows up in all areas of your life.
The driving force of a sex and love addict is needing that validation.
It shows up not only in romantic partners but in friendships, you may see co-dependency there.
Self-destruction a lot, too.
Like, Oh, sex addiction, its so taboo.
Or Im obsessed with this other unavailable person and now Im using sex as a tool.
It looks different and its not what I think people have an idea of all the time.
And the fact that Suzi was a woman of color was just an added cherry on top.
Everything Id ever dreamt of in a first movie.
The cast is amazing John Hawkes and Melissa Leo play the other main characters.
What was it like working with these experienced and talented actors?It definitely was overwhelming.
I often felt that fraud feeling of,How did I get here?
They would just throw in tips here and there, and it just made it so fulfilling and rewarding.
Because he said with theater youre performing out to an audience.
I just had to go back to those feelings and know that that was enough.
Im a big fan of your Twitter account (@charstarlene).
I feel like I see shades of your tweets in the movie, specifically in the opening monologue.
So there are tweets in the film.
Theres a conversation between Joy and Jim where they go back and forth [confessing secrets].
And that alone is so relieving and kind of comforting.
