Right after winning the Oscar, when everyone was going home, they let these little gold Oscary shapes flutter down from the ceiling. Leonardo DiCaprio came over, bowed down, and kissed my hand. It was the most fabulous moment - such a lovely gesture. He didn't say anything.

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

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.

When I was making films [early in my career] there were very, very few female directors, and there were certainly no women on set, which made taking one's clothes off all the more difficult.

It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I'm very glad I did it.

Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing.