As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society - wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I'm not like that.

Normally I can't watch myself at all, and watching myself makes me cringe, and I cover my face, and it's very hard to watch.

I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.

As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."

Pointe shoes are torture devices. I mean, ballerinas get used to it, but it was definitely a new experience for me. They feel medieval. I was very happy to stop wearing them.

Sometimes just watching a person doing the things they would only do at home lets you know who they really are.

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