I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

I’m the same weight now as I’ve always been-even before having children-but I have to say there’s been a redistribution of the flesh!

I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.

It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.