To sit with George [Clooney] and argue about what we're passionate about was amazing. We're good at arguing our points of view and are all about doing what was best for the movie [ "Gravity"].

I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level.

I realised that conforming didn't accomplish anything. Do your own thing. As long as you learn that, you're cool.

I will make myself sick on films, just because you want everything to be right. I can't sleep if something hasn't been done or is out of place.

I mean, yeah, Anne Fletcher was a choreographer, but she was born to be a director. You need to have the ability to figure out people's rhythms. It all starts from the script.

I didn't watch any films. This film, The Proposal, had it all in the script. Once all the pieces, once I met Anne Fletcher and I knew what she wanted and that we wanted the same things, and once they said Ryan Reynolds was on board and once the casting came together, you saw what it wanted to be.

You grow up and share life experiences. That's one of the best parts of this business. You share how you're mellowing out and your new sense of self.