I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

There is an eternal humanity that crosses through all people, and it's more interesting often when it's about struggle - not people with champagne glasses.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Marriage has just never interested me.

At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.

When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.