In the old days it was important, but not as important as it is today, to keep making success after success after success. It's terrifying today. You can maybe have one so-so movie but you've got to come back with another that's huge, if possible, and that must be very, very difficult for young talent.

All love shifts and changes.

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside

You never feel lonely if you're writing, because you're living with all these characters in your head.

I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.

Don't you get a swollen head. There's always someone who could come and do what you do, maybe even better, so be grateful and work hard.

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.