You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.

I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, or maybe 7.

'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!

I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?

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