I think I will always feel a special relationship with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, because for me it was something very, very special. It was a modern opera, and to play the heroine in a film that became such a success at a young age, and learning from him when I was so young and impressionable - really it was one of my most important experiences.

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.

People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.

I'm afraid of being too sure, to just deliver. I think that's the biggest danger for actors - after a certain time, when you're known and recognised, people expect you to do what you're supposed to do, and there's almost no more criticism and that's very dangerous.

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.

It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women.

All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.