In between filming The Accountant in Atlanta and doing voice-over work for the new animated movie musical Trolls in Los Angeles, Anna Kendrick is spending a few days doing a smattering of press for her new movie, The Last Five Years, including the film's L.A. premiere, a jam-packed junket (which is basically dozens of 10-minute interviews, back to back); appearances on Conan, Ellen, Extra, and E! News; and a photo shoot. Then, she'll begin the early stages of press for Pitch Perfect 2, due to hit theaters this May, and will start rehearsing for her performance at the Oscars on Feb. 22.

It's a marathon, not a sprint, for Kendrick. "That's been my last three years," she told BuzzFeed News, settling into the expansive couch inside her publicist's L.A. office.

But all that aside, she can't stop talking about the cake decorating class she had just taken. "My cake was fucking gorgeous. Gorgeous. I'm going to show you a picture," she said. (She did. It was.) But the real accomplishment had nothing to do with the stout, delicious-looking pink-and-white confection she created; it was that Kendrick actually made the time to do something that had nothing to do with her career.

"Almost everybody in my life — like stylists and publicists — was like, 'You have this free time. Can we schedule a fitting or a quick phoner?'" Kendrick said. "And I was like, this is why I have no friends. This is why I have no relationships. If I hadn't scheduled this class, I think I would have caved. I would have been like, 'Yeah, fine, I'll meet my friend for drinks next week.' And then, next week. And then, next week. So I took the class and it's like, oh my god, is this what it's like to have free time? Like, you get to do stuff and hang out with people and make memories?"