I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.

When you see natural disasters caught on film you realize how well they had been imagined by Hollywood for such a long time. It's all good fun. You never know who's gonna survive and who doesn't.

In the old patrician world there was a custom once a week you had to eat a meal with your slaves and get to know them as people.

I keep mementos from everything I've done.

Marriages had different meanings back then than they do now, they were used to cement agreements between families, business deals and things like that. The idea of marriages being arranged for love is some sort of modern idea, really.

I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.

I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.