I thank God who slowly dressed me in a heavy skin, otherwise I would now be dead.

The best way to keep young is to keep going in whatever it is that keeps you going. With me that's work, and a lot of it. And when a job is finished, relax and have fun.

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They didn't like the political point of view. The picture was taken off immediately and was never sold to television. A while ago it was brought in and opened in five theatres in Paris, as a new movie. They had a big gala opening where I appeared and people were absolutely crazy about it.

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.

I thank God who slowly dressed me in a heavy skin, otherwise I would now be dead.

The first time an autograph hunter told me, 'You are my mother's favorite actress,' I aged twenty years.

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.