Could you perform on the other side of the camera?

Darren Aronofsky: I think in this case it’s about performers who use their body as their art, and it’s very interesting that they’re [Nina and Randy] doing totally different things but they actually doing very similar things to their bodies, and they have similar pressures on them. I don’t know, it’s just interesting.

And could I do what they do, as in performing? No, I’m not interested in that. Being interviewed is the closest I get to performing. It’s not for me. I was sort of shy, it wasn’t my cup of tea.

I like to experience through other people’s deep emotions and try and help them to find places, and witness that, then put it together. I’m a project guy, I think.