Calcutta is like another world. People there are very special and grateful.

I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it and been proud of it - women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn.

Maybe I'll make one movie a year, maybe two, but it's not going to be more than that because I have other priorities now.

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

I think most actors . . . We are insecure, in general. I think to be an actor, you need to have an ego, but then, our ego is our worst enemy.

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

I came to Los Angeles for the first time in 1994. I spoke no English. I only knew how to say two sentences: "How are you?" and "I want to work with Johnny Depp."