Unfortunately, Poots is the name that I've been graced with for my life, but it's not short for anything - apart from Imogen Poots.

I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but it's to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.

You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.

San Francisco, coolest place ever.

You collect people to take with you. Some people change, other people don't... it's wonderful because I've met some incredible friends.

I’m a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.

Well, in terms of the filming with the car, you always wanted to be on the side which the cameras weren’t, because – and it sounds ridiculous, but getting in and out of that car, all in leather, in the heat, was a problem.

Unfortunately, Poots is the name that I’ve been graced with for my life, but it’s not short for anything.

I fell in love with it. Walking around just feels so cinematic. I find the aris- tocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York, it’s different – even uptown it’s really grand, and there’s no real segregation there. It’s all mixed up.

I’m not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places.