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

Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely.

With dance, you learn to channel nerves into energy, excited energy.

I really loved it because it really informed his way of seeing my character and the story. If you look closely he always had this metaphor of an egg, of a little chick pecking her way out of a shell, and in one scene in the kitchen there are all these white plates on a wall and then in the middle there is a yellow plate so even that looks like an egg. And a lot of the furniture was almost sculpted in that way as well. It was really cool to see that.

It sounds corny to say, but it was really inspiring seeing kids that were just living and connecting with people. That was something I really understood, the need and want for connection, and fun, and it not needing to be sympathetic, just sort of good fun.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

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