I find the most interesting and most daring scripts tend to be for independent films.

People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all.

You're being cast for your acting ability. It's not based on the way your body functions. If you're playing a lead in a movie, it's for that character and they'll tailor it to you. In a dance company, you have to fit in a definite mold.

I think teenagers in the States grow up too fast. In Canada, kids are exposed to different things. Like school is very different; it's not nearly as social. Canadian teenagers see it as a much more serious place.

There's something really nice about not sitting separate from the crew in some massive trailer away from the studio. To actually be there with them, it's more of a creative process.

I've never been opposed to nudity. I've been opposed to nudity for box-office draw.

Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started.