She [Barbra Streisand] was just - we can't know what we mean to each other. You know, artists, you can't know - you can't know that, but she was really important.

I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.

One must be brave if one is to take the wheel.

And she [Margaret Thatcher] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting quite quietly and making a point in a way that you don't really know that this point is going to be made through several examples, and there will be not be a break in the speaking voice at any point.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide but being an actor has opened my soul.

I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through the work I can say what I think.