“I got into music around the age of eight years old, and I think the re...” — MO Quote

I got into music around the age of eight years old, and I think the reason why was because I discovered the Spice Girls. I fell in love with them, and it was the first time I ever felt like the music was just directed to me.

I was a bit of a tomboy.

I think the most radical thing you can do is be yourself.

I love to watch people not care too much about the choreography, or if they sing perfectly, or if the right label people are there to watch them. It's just about letting go and being crazy and engaging people in dance and madness - being a human instead of a doll.

I love a kind of androgynous look and then let the accessories / clothes shape it.

I saw Derek Jacobi play Hamlet when I was 17, and he directed me as Hamlet when I was 27, and I directed him as Claudius in 'Hamlet' when I was 35, and I'm hoping we meet again in some other production of Hamlet before we both toddle off.

When I directed my first short - 'American Virgin' - I had no idea if I could actually do it. Like, I might just get onto set, have everyone look at me and just completely freeze and have no idea what to do. But pretty much the opposite of that happened. I was like a fish diving into the sea.

Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.

I worked with Nick Hurran when I was 15 and had to remind him of this. I did a drama for ITV which he directed.