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

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.

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

Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening.

I am a woman with absolutely no sense of nostalgia.

How can you say something's important if you don't first withdraw and feel how rich you've become? That way you can become really generous. Otherwise, what do you give?

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