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"This is what I set out to do, just play with puppies all the time!"
BuzzFeed Staff
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NR: Don't try to fit in as hard, don't be afraid to be vulnerable, and trust your instincts a little bit more. High school's a time when you're trying really hard to express yourself but you don't always have the emotional tools to do that. Just pet puppies.
KL: My advice would be keep doing what you're doing because I feel like I wouldn't change anything!
KL: I read it, did you read it?
NR: Yeah!
KL: I was such a fangirl of the book. I reached out to Becky [Albertalli] on Instagram and just fanned. Adapting a novel for a film is tricky because there's all this backstory you have to include in an hour-and-a-half. If you want a little backstory, the novel is great. In the book, they go much more into Leah and her insecurities and I think that's a really large part what's going on with her. Not only the whole emotional journey but also how she feels about herself.
NR: I got to read the book and it just added a lot of depth to these characters. Maybe it's because of her [Becky's] background — she used to be a school counselor — but she's really good at making these characters three dimensional and showing their journey. I think we did justice to it [the book]. I hope that if you liked the book, you'll like the movie. And if you never read the book, I highly recommend you checking it out!
KL: We went to Savannah, which was cool, except for the ghost tour — I did not enjoy that.
NR: Oh yeah. Savannah was actually the best part about that.
KL: You also taught me how to drive...
NR: You knew how to drive. You drove on the other side of the road, right?
KL: Yeah.
NR: You've driven a car before, right?
KL: Yeah, no, no, no. Let's specify, he didn't teach me how to drive but...
NR: I'm definitely not ready to direct a movie. If I was to direct a film, I like movies that are hard to pin down. I like Donnie Darko. Something along those lines, in that vein.
KL: You remind me of a young Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie. When I watched it, I was like, "That's Nick."
NR: Oh! Actually, I don't know if that's a compliment but I'm gonna take it as a compliment.
KL: I also don't feel ready to direct something. I'd like to direct, but if I did it, I would wanna be ready to do it. I really like the idea of capturing parts of yourself that you keep to yourself and you don't show to people, I think that's really cool. Actually, I had this idea to tell when you fall in love with someone but from a girl's perspective for another girl. I had a friend who taught me about that and she just had a really beautiful story.
NR: Oh, god! I can barely think about what I'm doing tomorrow! I can't think about five to ten years.
KL: I'd like to do more acting but I'd also like to do some music. I came from a music background and the last two years for me I did 13 Reasons and I did this [Love, Simon], and they're just coming out now, but I think music is still at my core. So, I don't know, maybe put some music out. My friends desperately want me to do that because they've known me since I started writing. We'll see!