Trivia

For the scene in Mirabelle's bedroom where the cat jumps on the bed and watches her and Jeremy, there were actually two cats used. The director explains in his commentary that one could jump but never watched, and the other was good at watching but couldn't jump.

Steve Martin had Tom Hanks in mind to play Ray Porter, but as the film's development progressed, he felt he was better suited to play the part since he was so familiar with the work.

Claire Danes took her clothes off for Mirabelle's first love scene with Steve Martin's character, a moment that left the actress uneasy. A friend told her, "It's good you're doing it at 25. When you're 80, you'll look back on this and think, I was pretty firm, so there's that," Danes said. "It was uncomfortable, I have to say, but I did think that it was relevant and useful," Danes said. "Also, it's erotic. There's no reason to pussyfoot around that. I thought it was vital, so I stripped."

Jimmy Fallon was cast as Jeremy but dropped out before filming began.

In the opening of the movie,Mirabelle (Clarie Danes)is standing behind the counter at her salesclerk job.She leans on the counter and slowly slips her foot out of her high heel shoes and flexes her foot around.The shoes were legitimately hurting Clarie Danes feet,and she considered taking her shoes completely off to shoot the scene.