For me, acting goes to a special place; it's almost mystical. You have to let go of what you think is good; it's a jump into trust, and trying to reach without wanting too much.

Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now.

I think it's the same simple thing for everyone - to be happy, and have love in your life.

Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.

I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place.

I like independence, I like creating my own world, not being in a system. There are more possibilities, I think.

When I won the Oscar, there was something telling me 'this isn't the truth'. I had to get back to real work.