I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

Pedro Almodóvar asked me to watch italian films again as homework to look at the energy of all those women from the Italian neo-realist films. A lot of them had those characters that represented motherhood. For some reason, in the '50s in Italy, the mother figure was very important - and my character needed to have that energy.

Being actors we are dealing with the beauty and complexity of human confusion, no? And we are always trying to get answers.

When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.

The one philosophy or religion I find I am most close to is the Buddhist one. I think it is the one that respects others and the one that doesn't say that this is the only way. I think happiness is the moment when - if you've forgotten those little things - they suddenly come back into focus for you.

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

I love learning on the set. But, directing is not something I want to do.