When somebody walks into a room they give off a certain kind of vibe or whatever and at that point that's how you're going to cast them.

I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.

In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?

I'm a firm believer in taking risks in life, because you'll never get anywhere unless you do, and the more risk involved the greater the outcome - or the worse, but you never know so you've got to go for it.

I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.

I am attracted to the dark side of life!

I seem to have been cast several several times to do it. I think in this one, Phoenix is not purely evil. She was in the comic books at some point but the way the writers created her or we always talked about her, was that she was torn with her powers taking over and trying to control them at the same time. It was challenging to play which made it interesting for me to play this character.