psychoanalyst is he is trying to override his early history and his father's shame, that he felt very ashamed of his father, and so he feels that he's trying to survive, i think, the limits of what he feels is his own identity. >> how do we identity with that or why is that character something that would resinate personally through us? when you look at the overall characters, you point out each member of this troubled cast of characters is trying to survive. is that what we feel we're all doing every day? >> well, i think some of us are. i think people that are more troubled and don't like who they are, or don't feel that who they are is enough will have to try to survive the limits of their own real identities, and recreate themselves in a whole different way. >> as in the character of amy adams, sydney's character, where she is trying to erase that she had a poor upbringing and was a