I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.

It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away.

[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible. My life was totally turned upside down. I was followed, spied upon, adored, insulted. My private life became public.

I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.

Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?