Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
What you don't want is for somebody to not care. Whenever they have no feeling at all, that's bad. Even if they kind of like you or they kind of don't, that's also bad. It's got to be a strong emotion one way or the other.
I'm a girl of extremes. When I love something, I'm like a puppy dog (without all the licking). When I'm cranky, I'm a wasp (like a whole hive of 'em). And when I'm angry, I'm a Mother Bear with a predator after her cubs: Dangerous.
I do want to say things in these films. I want audiences to come out with shards stuck in them. I don't care if people love my films or walk out, as long as they have a strong response.
Glasgow was a tough city. You were adored, and you were hated.
Sometimes I am moody or bubbly, and then at other times, I just want to disconnect. I am an extreme person.
We still seem to trigger that intensity in people, which was quite incredible.
I know I create major reactions in people.
What's interesting is that younger characters just have a more vibrant, exciting point of view on the world. They are more emotional, they are more dramatic, and they are just electric.
I wish I was a little less... passionate. I'm a very passionate person.
Well, I'm just a really sentimental person, and I just get leveled by things so easily, like from films, to personal interactions, to memories, to music.
I sort of knew I was a bit of a drama queen. I always threw tantrums, so I knew I wasn't a normal child.
I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
I would far rather add a character who generates strong feelings than someone who just kind of floats along, generating medium-warmth smiles of gentle affirmation.
I was dealing with craft, and that's the surprising thing, the number of people who have literally broken down on our stage, because when you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.
I love watching audiences scream. I imagine it's the same joy that a director feels who has made a comedy when he or she is sitting at the back of a theater listening to the audience laugh. That sound of laughter is so sweet to a comedy director and that's exactly how a horror film feels when you hear the audience scream.
I don't know if it's because my sensitivity is through the roof, but I can't stand contrived dialogue anymore.
I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed.
Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
