My body is a baby machine.

'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.

I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.

In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'

If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily.

You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.