What was it like playing against such disparate acting styles as Zach and Ray?
JS: Well, Zach, of course, had done mostly stand-up and things like that up ‘til then. I think he might’ve done a couple of films, but now he’s in every film that comes out, I swear. But he really is a terrific actor, and Ray, of course, everybody knows he’s a terrific actor, so in terms of that, it was just that the characters were so different. I didn’t think I’d ever be taking a shower with Ray Liotta, so that was interesting. (Laughs) He’s a lot of fun. BE: That begs a question: what was it like shooting the shower scene? How much did you actually have to bare? JS: Well, to tell the truth, we both had bathing suits on, or the equivalent thereof. At first, they wanted to sort of see, uh, stuff through the shower curtain, but I said, “Oh, no, no, no. Please. I have a 19-year-old son. He’ll be totally humiliated.” And they said, “Oh, that’s alright, we don’t need to do that.” BE: Speaking of motherhood, not so very long ago, you were playing Christina Applegate’s mother on “Samantha W
