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.

I think it's a legend that Lars von Trier is such a tough person to work with. I really didn't experience any of that. Of course, he's difficult in the sense that what he asks for is difficult. For my part in Antichrist, I suffered a bit. But it was the part - it wasn't him. He wasn't cruel. On the contrary, he was very kind. You know what you're up for when you read the pitch.

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

In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.

I don't have a career plan. I've never done that. Things happen accidentally and I've been lucky.