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

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

I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.

People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.

I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.

I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.

I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home.