I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.

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

After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.

If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland.

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

Films are just consumables.

My body is a baby machine.