Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, "Oh, that's completely in line with everything else I've done".

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.

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 like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.

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

Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, "Oh, that's completely in line with everything else I've done".

Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.