When you have love in a story, it gives you the freedom to really take the characters to very interesting places.

I think directing is a huge responsibility and it's not something where you can just be like, "Yeah, sure, I'll give it a go!" I think it's something you really need to focus on, and put a lot of effort and attention into.

There are a lot of characters that you can get into that don't exist in the studio world.

My mind was blown by how much I felt I was like Peeta. We shot in the forest near Asheville, North Carolina-a lot of fight scenes, very physically demanding. Jennifer and I totally hit it off. We're both crazy people-we don't hold anything back.

For me, I love auditioning.

My personal style has seen so many highs and lows. Probably more lows than highs.

At times when you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.