If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.

I only like boutiques.

My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.

One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be satisfied, never admit to being happy.' But there's no curse in being happy.

My look is a cocktail. I'm not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don't care like the English.

I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.

I understand the joy of having a female actress like Charlotte [Gainsbourg] and watching her give everything, and be able to capture it.