Women in my family are the center of things. All good things emanate from them. The guys usually mess up.

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.

I tell you what really turns my toes up: love scenes with 68-year-old men and actresses young enough to be their granddaughter.

You can't live up to what people expect. Nobody can. But I guess that's my problem, not theirs.

Nobody makes art for an elite, not if they're a real artist. You try and reach as many people as possible with whatever it is that you make. If a chef is making an omelette, he wants everyone to think that it tastes great because he did it. And if it does, then that's a success because everyone eats it.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. I now boastfully say that I have a hide like a rhinoceros... and I'm smiling. It's an interesting thing.