Cinema is dominated by stars you like from the get go.

You have to strike hard from the beginning and create a depressurizing zone between the viewer's own life and the one onscreen. The creators of James Bond got it right: the attention-grabbing scene of each Bond movie is the very first one, before the opening credits.

I've seen many films and read lots of thrillers - and I'm always disappointed that I can guess the story before the other viewers.

Each time I hit a low point I learn the most. Failure is the best university.

Hollwood creates useful entertainment. There are millions of people on earth who need distraction and American cinema fulfills that function.

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success.

Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself.