I always push myself, even when I did a film where it was pretty much me the whole film.

Some directors can tell stories and it becomes very intimate and small, and it's almost like a secret. Some directors have the gift of finding a way to show it and tell the story, in a way that brings in the audience.

I think most gypsies all over the world are used to being not really welcome and always on the run, expecting people to not like them and to be critical.

I'm interested in people's darker side, the ones that aren't easy and well balanced. The cracks.

With most movies I've done before, I've done a lot of preparation. I've known about them long before [shooting], and I've prepped and changed my body and done research, and all the things you could imagine.

My husband, when I was filming the Millennium movies, he asked me, `How far are you going and when are you coming back?'

I grew up watching American movies. My favorite movies have always been American, since as long as I can remember. I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors.