I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. That was my ambition.

I think my best work has been in France with great men. It's been my great fortune to work with really great men - with Olivier Assayas, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette. I am tutored by them.

You may think of me as an object of desire and I'm going to tell you that I can be in front of you naked and not be erotic.

There is a phrase in French, which means 'to miss.' To pass by. To not be able to stop. You love someone and someone loves you, but it just can't work for different reasons.

I dream about singing. I would love to sing and write.

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

Sometimes you feel more naked when you're totally dressed than the other way around.