Zach Braff reveals what he’s learnt about himself during lockdown
Actor and writer also shared what he felt were the hardest things about life during lockdown
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Your support makes all the difference.Zach Braff has revealed some of the most difficult things he has come to terms with during lockdown.
The writer and actor is currently living with his girlfriend, actor Florence Pugh, and the puppy they adopted together.
He told The Hollywood Reporter that the hardest adjustment to life in lockdown was the lack of social contact.
“I’m a very affectionate person and I have a friend who’s grieving and I watch her cry and I can’t hug her,” he said.
Braff was referring to Amanda Kloots, fellow actor and wife of Broadway star Nick Cordero, who is currently in hospital receiving treatment after suffering serious health issues due to Covid-19.
“It’s beyond comprehension that you can’t console someone who’s upset,” Braff said. “And on the much lighter side, it’s the camaraderie of my friends — you can’t go out to dinner and commune with friends.That’s what I really miss the most.”
Braff also disclosed that Kloot was living in his guest house with her and Cordero's 10-month-old son, Elvis.
Asked what he has learnt about himself during this time, he suggested that he felt “very clear” on who the most important people in his life are.
“Because they are who you’re missing most and longing for and wanting to FaceTime,” he said.
“I guess I’ve also learnt that you can put anything into your work, in the sense that the movie that I’m writing was already a pretty dark film but this can’t help but inform it in some ways — not directly a pandemic or anything but the aspects of isolation and the temperature of my mind feels like it’s going into what I’m writing.”
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