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.

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

Movies make you immortal and ageless.

It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents.

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

I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32.

The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.