She’s talking work, not play.

It’s not about money and it’s not about pandering.

There’s something very pure about it to me," Plaza says.

Aubrey Plaza in Black Bear

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“I always want to go, ‘Well, I’m me.

So I’m always gonna look like me and sound like me.’

Unless I really get to do someGary Oldmans—, which Iwilldo.

Aubrey Plaza in Black Bear

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Just wait until I’m in my 50s, I’m really gonna hit my prime.

I’ll be unrecognizable!”

“I can’t get enough of it.”

Aubrey Plaza in Black Bear

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Plaza has no doubt, however, that the scrappy indies she loves will make a comeback.

“On these huge studio productions, everyone relies on someone else to get the job done.

“That culture of filmmaking is perfect for the situation we’re in now.”

Post-pandemic, “I think independent films are going to thrive.”

Judging by her track record, that means Plaza will, too.

Black Bearhits theaters and VOD Dec. 4.

Trailer courtesy of Momentum Pictures.