I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.

I never say never, but I haven't been given the quality of script to compel me to go on television.

I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative.

God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made the decision to speak with distinction.

When I started experimenting with fantasy and horror films and looking for characters who had some sort of emotional or mental difficulty, I saw opportunities to express my music - dare I say art - in a way that I could get a bit surreal.

Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history.

I really think it's important that my beliefs don't impinge upon what you get from the movie. It's your opinion that matters and it's far more interesting than mine.