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

When people are feeling insecure about their jobs and there are cuts to be made, it's hard to put up an argument that the film industry needs funding.

It's the gloomy things that need our help, if everything in the garden is sunny, why meddle?

I just don't believe in generalisations.

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

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.

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