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Working with Kevin Smith: Smith likes to change things up and while working on Catch and Release he threw in a lot of his own lines. ?It was good for me and it was a blast,? said Jennifer Garner. ?He never once said the lines that were on the page. I don't know if Susannah [Grant] told you this, but she would say during a scene, ?Please just once do it like I've written it.? I mean, she's an Academy Award nominated writer.
'Do what she wrote.' But he couldn't.
Every now and then he'd do it and he blatantly would say, ?Just give me a line reading. Just tell me how you want me to say it because your line doesn't make sense to me.? And she would be like, ?Ugh, Kevin.? And she'd do the line for him, which that's the no-no of directing and acting. He would do it and he'd be hysterical. So he was a novelty on set.?
The Impact of Motherhood: Garner says being a mother does change things professionally. ?It'll determine what I do in that just timing-wise, I don't think I can do two huge things back to back anymore. I couldn't do a single lead on a one hour drama anymore. So just on a practical level? And then I have to really love something a lot to be willing to not be with my little girl every day. I will have had six months straight with her before I go back to work and that is heaven on earth. But it's great because I have it just so good right now I'm afraid if I even tell you, it'll get screwed up because I'm home with her and I get filled up with her.
I'm definitely the primary caregiver all the time, but I do have enough meetings for my production company that I find really fun and fascinating. They use my mind in a different way when I do get out of the house.?
What?s the Most Surprising Thing About Motherhood?: ?I thought it would be easier. I thought the pull from her would not be as huge as it is. I thought it would be easier for me to work. That I'd be like, ?Oh, it's fine. She's here, she's happy.? And that actually isn't the case. She is fine. I am the one who is a wreck if I don't get to be with her.?
Taking a Break from the Action: Garner admits to missing the action of Alias. ?I do think it satisfies this part of me I didn't even know was there, and I like the physicality of it in general. I like roles that are physical. I like physical comedy. I don't really care about the action per se, not necessarily, but the roles that tend to have action in them, if they're well done, I like. And I love my stunt double so much that I'm always enthused by getting to be with her.?
Up Next - The Kingdom: Garner recently completed work on The Kingdom, an action drama directed by Peter Berg. ?I play Janet Mayes. She is an FBI agent and she's one of four. There's Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman and myself, and it is so much fun to be with those three guys. We're going to Saudi Arabia to investigate a terrorist attack against a western civilization within the kingdom.?
Looking ahead, Garner has a role in Juno coming up. ?I'm going to do this little project called Juno that Jason Reitman is going to direct, who did Thank You for Smoking which he did such a great job on. It's this wonderful script that I have been waiting for it to come together for the past year. And when Jason came onto it, I was so excited. I'm so excited they asked me to be in it and I have a small role. I'm only working a couple weeks and it's just cool.
It's called Juno and it's written by this kooky woman named Diablo Cody. Have you ever heard of her? She just decided randomly to become a stripper for a year. It isn't about that, but you could look her up. She's pretty funny. Anyway, her personality infuses the whole script so it's going to be fun. I play a woman who can't have children and who is wanting to adopt.?