The movies are funny, in one way, because you think of everyone being as beautiful as the dawn, but that isn't true.

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

If you're in the movie or in television, your failures are very public, and so are your successes. You weigh them up against each other, really.

When you are desperate to get someone who isn't all that interested in you, you lay siege as hard as you can.

In my defence I can only say that her past, too, like mine, like everyone's in fact, was a locked box. Occasionally we allow people a peep, but generally only at the top level. The darker streams of our memories we negotiate alone.

A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.

I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.