I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.

My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.

After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.

I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much as possible.

I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.

I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.

I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.