Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
Maybe because I come from choreography, I've always felt that there's something about action films that made it very natural for me to go that way. It's story through movement.
I think people think filmmaking is fun, but I've never thought that. For me it's always been a lot of work and pain and stress.
Coming from dance, I feel acting is - I'm not going to say easy, because it's not. But the dance world is more hard-core.
I love theatre. It's far more satisfying than film. Sometimes there's a collective sigh from the audience, or it's so quiet you can hear a pin drop. I couldn't believe how easy acting was when there's an audience; after a few previews I almost couldn't do it without one.
The action-movie genre is a very difficult one to get satiated in terms of your acting bits.
Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.
For me, it's painful to make a movie. It's not my normal rhythm.
Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.