And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport.

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

I'm not a skinny girl. I push it. I'm at the limit of chubbiness at all times, but I'm happy at all times.

My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.

Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.

I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.

Life, I've got lots of friends. I don't complain.