“Jane Campion was casting for The Portrait of a Lady and she chose me from 2,000 girls from all over the world to play John Malkovich’s daughter. That was my first film and I was 18. When you receive a sign like this, you think, maybe this is what I should really do. I believe in signs. I believe that when you’re doing something, you need something coming from the outside saying, ‘you’re doing right.’”