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

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

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.

You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane.

Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.

I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself!

'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!