I was always opinionated.

The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe.

If you want to live on the edge of life, you need to be flexible.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered.

I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that.

Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history. It's like you're touching the essence, the very substance of life.