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.

Usually when a woman is 60, it's over.

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

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

When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.

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

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.