Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities.

Everybody is completely different. I think there is no formula for filmmaking. Everybody finds their own way of doing things.

With dance, you learn to channel nerves into energy, excited energy. It's sort of similar when you walk into an audition room, to be able to go takes deep breath and then go in real calm. It was in those ways that it really helped me.

Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.

I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.

We have so many American and English films in Australia that we hear those accents often, so they're not too hard to pick up, but it's always a challenge.

Dance is such a stressful environment.