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I had been working early in my life in films - since I was 11.

I was in the movies. I danced, I sang, I learned to work in front of a camera. It was like being in a repertory company.

I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive a truck, and doing commercials and documentaries.

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

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 was a crazy guy in Hollywood back in the day, and then when I switched into theater, I got into work mode.

I was doing TV work, theatre work, and some film work in the Philippines when I left.

After university, I went into film. I started out making tea, managed a brief stint as an assistant director, then found myself writing a screenplay. In the end, I wrote quite a few - but by January 2006, I wanted out.

My first job was in pantomime; I was a chorus girl in 'Dick Whittington' at 16. I got the part by ringing the director daily to see if anyone had dropped out, and it paid off eventually, when I was cast as a rat!

My first job in the film business was working as a production assistant, and then a production manager on a documentary about Townes Van Zandt.