I know there were things emanating from me. I was not aware of what attracted all these directors to me.

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who have the greatest impact.

The life you had is nothing. It is the life you have that is important.

We have so many words for states of mind, and so few words for the states of the body.

You suffer when you give birth, it doesn't matter, it's nature. They tell you, oh, those hormone pills, they're terrible, you'll get cancer. But when it comes to Viagra for men, they don't speak about cancer.

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have to be capable of provoking it and feeling it.

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change.