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 love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life I'd be Loretta Lynn.

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".

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

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.

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.