You never know people, do you? You can work with 'em for twenty years; you don't know 'em at all.

I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair.

No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.

We live a life that is often spent in crowds - parties, festivals and first nights - so it's nice to avoid them.

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

I always loved movies and the cinema; we always used to go to see films as a family.

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