I find the most interesting and most daring scripts tend to be for independent films.
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.
When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive.
It’s almost better most times to not talk in a scene. I think you can actually express a lot more without words.
I’m just one of those people that if I sit down to watch a horror film, I put my hands over my face and I cry a lot and I don’t see half of the film because I’m too upset.