"If you’re dealing with an asshole in real life, nine times out of 10, he’s actually an asshole. And not “asshole” in the sense that he’s confident and a little bit cocky, that’s fine. “Asshole” here means a legitimate terrible person. … In real life, the boyfriend who has been verbally abusive throughout your entire relationship won’t suddenly wake up one day being kind and apologetic, because he doesn’t have a screenwriter in the back of his mind writing empathy into his background."