As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.

I have an internal protectiveness where it's like, if it comes to just me, as frightened as I am of losing someone I love or things going sour or simply being alone, there is a dark place in my brain where I'm like, It could happen and I'm okay, I'm prepared.

I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

There is something in the act of having tattoos done that I love. It can be quite addictive. I've got a few on my back because my friend is an artist, and a few on my arms. Every time I pass a tattoo parlour, I think, 'Maybe just a tiny one.