I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.

I had a friend, and we always used to pretend to be twins. We had this fantasy about going to Hollywood together. We were about four.

Yeah I think Pitch Black was edgy, I think that's what worked for our film.

So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.

There's something really nice about having a group of people that you're committed to, that you work with and that there's a future in it. Film is like a party, and then it's over, whereas this hopefully feels like a family.

So wearing a corset certainly changes your state of mind.

I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vampire ever.