I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.