I do like to move and get physical in my movies.

Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.

That was one of the reasons why I wanted to tell the story of Colin Price. I saw someone in this fictionalized political character that was trying to do something important for his city. He meant well, but then you see that the human flaws had really derailed his past. It seems to be happening more and more in our country. I wanted to hold a mirror up to that.

Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?

When you have 400 people watching you making a movie, it doesn't go where you want it to go. It's a lot of pressure.

I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed up.

My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.