Natasha Lyonne has quit smoking. “I’ve been putting it off for so long,” she says. “I’m naturally wired for self-destructive crutches. I f---ing love a vice.”
“I’ve been putting it off for so long,” she tells me, pointing to the small Nicorette pack on the coffee table in her East Village apartment. “I’m naturally wired for self-destructive crutches. I fucking love a vice.”
Even after her series took off, she says, creators weren’t falling over themselves to work with her. She thinks she knows why: When men write, direct and executive produce a piece of zeitgeist-tapping entertainment, she suggests, “everybody comes out of the woodwork to be like, ‘How many new roles can we give you?’”
Lyonne radiates an effortlessly cool vibe, so it’s somewhat surprising when she says her Hollywood persona doesn’t line up with her real self. She’s actually intensely calculated about her craft. She even works with an acting coach, recommended by Sam Rockwell, to make sure Charlie doesn’t blur with Nadia on “Russian Doll” or her other breakout TV role as Nicky Nichols on “Orange Is the New Black.
We barely settle into her living room when Lyonne suddenly sits up. “Do you want something to drink? Am I supposed to offer you water?” she asks me. “Don’t writers like La Croix?” I admit with embarrassment that I’m no fan of carbonated beverages. We walk over to her basically empty kitchen , and she opens the fridge. “What about something interesting? This is pineapple …” she trails off as she picks up a bottle. “No, you don’t want this.” Eventually, we settle on a glass of water.
She admits she doesn’t know how long the smoking cleanse will last, and she’ll forgive herself if she cracks. But right now, it’s been helpful to “raw dog” reality as she determines her next chapter.
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