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

When I'm in the movie, I'm entirely in the movie. When I'm on the set, I'm 200 per cent there; when I'm at home, I'm 200 per cent at home.

I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim.

My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.

I try to see my films just once. It's like a dream you've been through when it's been intense, and you just have to go through it once more just to make sure you've had it.

You have to have the courage to wait, to say no, ... And thats difficult. This job is very uncertain, and its frightening.

Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.