The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.

I like to play roles different from myself so I can hide behind them.

I started so old, so the touring world will always be a foreign land for me. I'll never be someone who's "been on the road."

It was very liberating to be able to sing in English. It had a different resonance, different images. It was like being a stranger in a foreign land, which was helpful.

It rarely happens that I get to work again with the same director. I had such a wonderful time on Antichrist with Lars von Trier, that I was going to do whatever he proposed me to do. When he sent me the script of Christmas, I just loved it. I think I love anything he writes.

I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do the opposite: simple ballads.

My father loved me and he wanted to work with me and he didn't care what people would say.