We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.

Successful films are very dangerous things.

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

I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.

I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work.

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

I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.