Art is about energy positive and negative. All art has the power to heal because it helps us see who we are, and what we resist.

For if the talent or individuality is there, it should be expressed. If it doesn't find its way out into the air, it can be turned inward and gnaw like the fox at the Spartan boy's belly.

I loved the idea of doing a love story with people over the age of 60 and a film that will hopefully give so many of the audience a chance to see themselves on the screen.

I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.

I think the world is in the mess it's in because we are spiritually ignorant.

When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.

It's not going to be about money. It's going to be about who am I, what have I done and where am I going.