As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world.

When I won the Oscar, there was something telling me 'this isn't the truth'. I had to get back to real work.

I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.

I don't think I'm a perfect mother. I think I'm trying my best. I think it's complicated, it's difficult. I think I'm learning from my kids so much to be their mother. I don't think you're born a mother, I think you become a mother.

But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit.

When you make a film, it's a bet. You don't know how the film is going to be, anyway.

I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside of a prison in a way.