
"I was about halfway through editing and I set up a screening to show Wally the first three episodes of the show. Ruffalo said Lamb, in the story "really lifts the real life trials of real working class people to literature," calling the characters "beautifully and brutally honest.

Ruffalo, known most recently for his role as the Hulk in Marvel's "Avengers" movies, fell in love with the story after reading the book. The series "follows Dominick Birdsey as he struggles to care for his twin brother, Thomas, while discovering the truth about his own family history," according to HBO. He gets right down into the heart of what it is to be a human being."

He clearly loves people and gives them a lot of space to be their true selves," Ruffalo told the Journal in an email. "The people in his books are a solid blend of his experiences and his wonderful and surprising imagination. He enjoys storytelling and it is great listening to him. "His imagination is striking and totally original. Ruffalo called Lamb "a humble man with a sly, wry sense of humor," and said his "sudden affability" was what first struck him upon meeting for that lunch.
