I’ve been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never succeeded, but I learnt a lot of tactics.

I like characters with flaws, who have shadow.

When you really put your heart and soul into something, the temptation is to try to be in control of circumstances, however you can, and looking and seeing how people are responding.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal and it's not for me to hock, or shop around to the highest bidder. Plus, it could never live up to the amazing mythology that everyone online has created for me, so I'll keep mum about it.

Certainly when you're dealing with more deep emotional work and sensory work, for me it helps me to just stay in it.

Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies.

In that Freak Show environment, I got to spend time with so many of the actors who were part of that world. I just had the best time ever.