I'm very good at forgetting people.

You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good.

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.

I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I dont know how my mother did it.

It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages.

I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.

'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!