Of course I am political. You 'ave to be don't you? Every day it is about your future, your right to that future. 'Ow can people ignore this? We 'ave to leave a good world for our children, n'est-ce pas?

The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.

When I'm playing a part, I can feel all my body playing it; it's like really making love.

It is not easy to grow old in this business, when you are a woman above all, in the cinema.

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

I keep reading that I'm cold. But I'm not, I'm shy. And I play a lot of women of fire and sexuality like an animal - so I'm cold on one side and fiery on the other.

I can't just react on the strength of an email and three pages of synopsis, and say I'm going to take off for three months of my life.