I once said to someone when I was playing Lady Macbeth and they said: "That's tricky, emotionally, what do you do about murdering your husband's cousin?" And there are, of course, things that aren't in your personal repertoire that you have to somehow understand by reading or watching other things and listening to other people talk about them.

People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The theater is the thing I love doing most.

I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late.

I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.

I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.

People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.