I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with.

You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings.

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

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

In our world, we have so many ways we can escape with technology, like TV, Facebook, computers, text messaging and all that.

I always thought the piano scene was kind of unique to shoot because we were actually able to film with the playback of the actual song. And that was quite amazing because it almost made it easier - music is usually something that is added after filming has finished so to be able to shoot a scene with music was really wonderful.

I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.