It is only the untalented director who imagines him or herself in every part, wants his or her own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is only the untalented who make their own limitations those of the actors as well.

Soon I will be an old, white-haired lady, into whose lap someone places a baby, saying, "Smile, Grandma!" - I, who myself so recently was photographed on my grandmother's lap.

One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces.

The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.

I think of all the choices I never knew. And those I let be made for me - to please, from fear, for love. Where did they disappear to, those choices that I never made? They are all part of who I am. They are the legacy I leave behind, they are the finished portrait of myself I cannot change.

Life experiences become acting experiences, which in turn become life experiences.

I realize that we've come to a different way of showing movies. But I'm still with the old ways, and I can't change.