When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality.

It's so easy and comfortable to lie to yourself. Success is to become who you are. I think Hollywood thinks in a totally different way. But I think that as a human being, and not only an actress, that's really how you lead a successful life.

You have to have the essential pleasure of making a movie. It's such a huge factor and adventure for a director because you really are the leader and the captain.

I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises.

Charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can't resist charm.

I think when you're an adult you start to like the very things that make you different. If you obsess about some defect, you make it obvious to everyone, and suddenly everyone is staring at just that defect. It's always like that. The more you hide something, the more it shows. But when you accept your defect, suddenly no one on earth sees it anymore.

I don't really know Hollywood, and I think that L.A. needs a bit of time to really know the city, because it's such a huge city.