I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you arrive on screen with a past.

Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?

To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.

To give the best of yourself, to be ready to please is OK for a while. But people expect certain things from you, and you have to go beyond that and say, no.

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.