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 hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.

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

I find that I put my body in my work when I am at a particularly difficult or joyous point because I want to feel that moment.

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.