After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was.

Because in Australia there really isn't a lot to do. There aren't a lot of opportunities.

I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vampire ever.

It's one of the best roles I've ever played,

I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.

It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny.