What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.

What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.

The Piano ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway.

I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't quit making movies for a while and spend time with her. I also felt that I'd made enough movies and said what I had to say at the time.

My musical knowledge is so bad it's embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo.

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.