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“I will tell you right now that (Gyllenhaal) wrote the funniest line in the entire movie. He came, and he said, ‘I wanna try another take of this where Elias lets me in and when he says, You dont smoke, do you? I’m gonna say to him- I’mma- just watch what I’m gonna do.’ And he walked in and Elias says, ‘You don’t smoke, do you?’ and he said, ‘Once. In high school.’ And I almost fell outta my chair, it was- because it’s such a perfect epitomising [sic] of who this guy is. That when he talks to authority figures he immediately has to tell the truth. He’s compelled to tell them, even though it’s something that he’s embarrassed about or he feels in, and it’s actually the funniest line in the movie.” –David Fincher