“I cooked for real when filming 'The Holdovers.' Reading the script, it...” — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Quote

I cooked for real when filming 'The Holdovers.' Reading the script, it felt very quiet and intimate - like when you're snowed in. For me, the cooking is very intentional and I really like to take my time. It's special and it matters, so I wanted that level of detail.

That is something that's been a cornerstone for me for forever. I want to play multilayered, complex characters.

I think sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle! And I think that was the case with 'The Holdovers,' we all truly got along. They're good people first and foremost, people that just really cared, so there was a support system that we gave to each other as we went through this process.

Usually, when I get hit with inspiration hard - I don't know, maybe it's impulsive - but I'm the type of person where I'm like, Well, I have to do it now because I'm thinking about it too much.

Mom cooked good healthy meals.

Saltfish reminds me of every Christmas we ever had as kids. Mum used to make it the traditional Antiguan way, cooked up with tomato, herbs, peppers and a little heat running through.

I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.

When I was growing up, Mum and Dad were both equal: they both worked, they both cooked, they both looked after us. So I wouldn't expect my husband to be any different.

I always had a lot of fun in America, with much more freedom than if I had tried to cook in France. I wouldn't have the same motivation or inspiration, and I wouldn't have cooked for the same kind of people in France, so it wouldn't have given me this edge I had in America.