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 was very attached to my family when my father died. I was 19. I was about to go live with my father right when he died, so it was very intense.

Each time I changed, it was as if, on purpose, I didn’t want anyone to know too much about me, which of course now I regret, because I closed myself to everything. But it was my way of dealing with things.

Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.

I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.

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

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