There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share.

George Clooney is trying his own way but he's struggling too because he has to deal with America. Yet, if he has a foot in Europe, it's not for nothing.

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

As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part.

I think it's the same simple thing for everyone - to be happy, and have love in your life.

I want to know why I'm alive. I want to understand. It's like exploration; it's like someone being interested in a place and its history, digging into the earth and looking for it, searching - it's a passion.

I love the unknown. I think because it brings fear, and to embrace fear is the best feeling.