A script is a very rough material in a way. Whatever questions you might have regarding the script, you might find the beginning of the answers in the book.

I never wondered whether I should be a stage actress or a movie actress.

I was the youngest of five, and I think my mother always knew I was meant to be an actress.

Once you have made the decision to do the film, once you have identified the desire and all the deep and personal, intimate, artistic reasons why you want to do the film, then it's more a matter of how to do things

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

Am I an intellectual? I don't think so. Less than people sometimes think, I have to say. But more than some others think.

The choosing of a role is so difficult for me. That's the real challenge: to choose the role, not to do the role. Once you've chosen them, the process is much easier.