So, this is a little bit different than ‘Scrubs’?

Zach Braff: Yeah. I wanted to do something a little different. I couldn’t believe the studio was going to release it. I thought they were going to test it. They may say they don’t like my character. When I found out they wouldn’t… I signed on. I thought it was a really raw look at relationships.

Your character found himself trying to get back in?

Zach Braff: Yeah for love. I’m a romantic. I’ll do anything for love. But I think that my character says you can’t feel like you should give up. He has that clarity. At a certain point I’m sure he’ll get that restraining order (LOL)… but all of sudden he gets clear. And you need that last piece of the puzzle. He realizes that was hollow that was empty. That was lust that was dissipated in a second. And now he sees the difference when he’s with the women he loves.

What do you look for in films?

Zach Braff: First of all I’d have to say, I’m very lucky, some people just don’t have a great day job like I do on ‘Scrubs’ so I don’t need to run out and get a pay day for some piece of crap. I can wait for something that I really like. I think that I do this revolutionary thing whereas I don’t do a movie unless I like it and go see it. When you flip through cable and you see an actor and say what were they thinking? I guess they needed to put a wing on their house or something. I’m at least going to strive and make movies… at least the kind of movies that I want to see.

What did you feel in this film worked for you?

Zach Braff: I could relate. It was a raw honest look at being 30. I come from a generation where all our parents got divorced eventually. And now its our turn to get married and I think that there’s this giant pink elephant in the room that nobody likes to talk about; and it’s the fact that marriage doesn’t really seem to last that long in most cases. People go through 2 or 3 in their lifetime nowadays. Who’s to say if that’s wrong or right. But what I like about the movie is that it at least had an open discussion about it. It’s certainly a very taboo subject in a sense that people don’t really like to talk about. I’m a sucker. I’m a romantic. I want to get married, have kids and do the whole thing.

What was your work environment like with the director?

Zach Braff: He is the most collaborative director I’ve ever worked with. Genuinely interested in what the actors have to say; which is very refreshing. He was a joy to work with and I’d like to make more movies with him. He’s an actor so he knows how actors like to be spoken to. He was very patient.

This film is not what it seems. There are lots of heavy hitting topics.

Zach Braff: I knew it was heavy hitting. How do you market a movie like that? It’s gonna go to a darker place. It’s tricky.

Will you be doing any more directing?

Zach Braff: I am going to direct a movie next year called ‘Open Hearts’; which is an adaptation of an English film that I liked a lot.