Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think that's their intention, to connect with each person's subconscious, and not to try and dictate.

I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making 'Frenzy' in London and I was sent along to meet with him. He was very, very unimpressed with me and I have to say, I was rather unimpressed with him - but only because I was an arrogant, ignorant young actress.

You could build three hospitals with the cost of one film and I take that very seriously.

I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones.

They’re called action scenes because they do the acting for you. You don’t have to act in action scenes.

You know, you have to allow life to play itself out, don't you? And one thing you learn is that it doesn't stop. It moves on.

People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.