I was so sensitive and touchy in a way that my character would never be. I was so protective and defensive of young girls, and sex in general.

You easily close yourself off to certain things because you want to seem like you know it all, or you're not weak - emotion is often confused as weakness - so when emotions are undeniably physically affecting you, I think it's a gift.

A lot of artists are such narcissists.

I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof.

You can assess a culture to a degree by the way they receive movies and how they receive a given celebrity.

Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school. I loved the whole slacker look, like, 'Hey, I don't care, whatever,' but if I didn't turn my homework in, I would panic.

It took me a long time to realise that I was a girl as a teenager. At that point I never really believed it. I looked like a boy for a long time. Now, finally, I feel like a woman.