I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.

If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.

Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love.

I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully.

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.