What I love about Nicole,
She makes people feel comfortable about even embarrassing things. She really listens when someone is talking. Sometimes she listens too much for too long. She’s a good citizen. She always knows the right thing to do when it comes to difficult family shit. I get stuck in my ways and she knows when to push me and when to leave me alone. She’s always inexplicably brewing a cup of tea that she doesn’t drink. And it’s not easy for her to put away a sock, or close a cabinet, or do a dish, but she tries for me. Nicole grew up in LA around actors and directors and movies and TV and is very close to her mother, Sandra, and Cassie, her sister. Nicole gives great presents. She is a mother who plays really plays. She never steps off playing or says it’s too much. And it must be too much some of the time. She’s competitive. She’s amazing at opening jars because of her strong arms which I’ve always found her sexy. She keeps the fridge over full. No one is ever hungry in our house. She can drive a stick. She is brave. She is a great dancer. Infectious. She makes me wish I could dance. She always says when she doesn’t know something or hasn’t read a book or seen a film or a play, whereas I fake it or say something like I haven’t seen it in a while. My crazy ideas are her favorite things to figure out how to execute. She’s my favorite actress.

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What I love about Charlie,
Charlie is undaunted. He never lets other people’s opinions or any setbacks keep him from what he wants to do. Charlie eats like he’s trying to get it over with, and like there won’t be enough food for everyone. A sandwich is to be strangled while devoured. But he’s incredibly neat and I rely on him to keep things in order. He’s energy-conscious. He doesn’t look in the mirror too often. He cries easily in movies. He is very self-sufficient. he can darn a sock, and cook himself dinner, and iron a shirt. He rarely gets defeated, which I feel like I always do. Charlie takes all of my moods steadily. He doesn’t give in to them or make me feel bad about them. He’s a good dresser. He never looks embarrassing, which is hard for a man. He is very competitive. He loves being a dad. he loves all the things you are supposed to hate, like tantrums, the waking up at night. It’s almost annoying how much he likes it, but then, it’s mostly nice. He disappears into his own world. He and henry are alike in that way. He can tell people when they have food in their teeth or on their faces in a way that he doesn’t make them feel bad. Charlie is self-made. His parents, I only met them once, but he told me there was a lot of alcohol and some violence in his childhood. He moved to New York from Indiana with no safety net, and now he’s more than any New Yorker. He’s brilliant at creating a family out of whoever is around with the theater company, he cast a spell that made everyone feel included. No one, not even an intern, was unimportant. He could remember all the inside jokes. He’s extremely organized and thorough. He’s very clear about what he wants, unlike me who can’t always tell.

I fell in love with him after two seconds I saw him. I will love him –

– ‘Marriage Story’