I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.

With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, or maybe 7.

I'm a late developer.

Boarding school is a wicked thing.

Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.

Movies make you immortal and ageless.