Abigail Breslin on Fake Blood, Chatty Zombies, and Her Favorite Actress

Do you approach acting in a different way now than you did when you were, say, eight years old?

I guess I sort of put myself in the character's shoes, and every character is sort of different. I treat each one differently because you have to do different things in different movies.

But do you ever go back and look at earlier performances and think, "Oh, if I knew then what I know about acting now..."

Yeah, I mean...yeah. I learned how to do different things and there's always certain things you see and you're like, "Oh, I wish I'd done that differently."

What kinds of different things did you learn on Zombieland?

Well, I learned that fake blood tastes really bad.

Why were you tasting it, Abigail? By accident?

No, I had to...I don't even know! It's hard, I had it on my arm in one scene, and then I had to...I don't know. I learned how to shoot a gun. Learning how to shoot a gun is a pretty crazy thing to learn.

What have you worked on recently?

I'm just finishing up a movie called Janie Jones. It's with Alessandro Nivola, and it's about a girl who meets her dad for the first time and he's, like, this burned-out rock star. I actually get to sing in it, which I'm excited about.

Have you ever sung on-screen before?

Nope, never. It was nerve-racking, but it was exciting.

Did you get along well with Alessandro? I just saw him in the Coco Chanel movie, where he speaks French the entire time.

He's great. He's so nice. He's just really cool. He's a great singer and a great guitar player, too -- he can play a ton of songs on the guitar, which is really cool. He can sing, like, anything. He's just really great.

I know Sofia Coppola just shot a movie that's sort of similar called Somewhere, with Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. Are you familiar with that movie? Could you tell me how yours is different?

Um, no. I don't know what movie that is. Janie Jones is a different character, and definitely different from Little Rock. It's a drama, so...it's sad.

Your brother Spencer is an actor, too, and you're filming different movies all the time. Do you get to see each other very much?

Well, we live together, so it's sort of hard to avoid each other. [Laughs] Yeah, we see each other. We see each other a lot.

Did you ever see that episode of Saturday Night Live where Drew Barrymore played you?

Um, no.

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