Characteristically, Gyllenhaal pivots in the same conversational breath from this lightness to a recent essay in the New Yorker by the late author and neurologist Oliver Sacks about the perils of the digital age.

"We are in a very interesting time. You know, where are we headed? How is it that you can look on your end-of-the-week data that Apple spits out at you and realise that you spend three hours on social media somehow? Where the hell did that go? I mean. I’m still flabbergasted I’ve spent 17 hours searching for food on FreshDirect.” 17 hours? In a week? “It’s not 17, but it’s, like, five to seven. Like, searching for Persian cucumbers. It’s a real search for me.”

Opening night of Slave Play. This show is astonishing, and the performances are peerless—that’s all I’ll say. Just go see it.