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

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

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people.

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

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.

Films are just consumables.