There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

Successful films are very dangerous things.

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.

I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?