Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And that has to emerge.

One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.

I could live without acting.... Acting is a gift I've received. And I'm grateful for it and I enjoy it. But it's not the main point of my life. It never was.

Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I'm finished, my piece of land will be a beautiful garden.

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

You're responsible for yourself as an actress, you know that your personal growth goes through that alchemy, and you give as much importance to your life as you do to your acting.

Acting for me was the gospel, the love of the spoken word.