Asia Argento

What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.

I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I'm forced to.

Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need to do that.

I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I walked into that theater as one person, and I walked out as another.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.