There's no pleasure in working if you don't do the things you want to do.

No press conference announcing a last film. I'd just steal away. Best way because, if by chance after two or three years something interesting comes up, I would not - like Sinatra - have to say: 'Well, I've thought it over and decided to come back.'

Transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it.

I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.

My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.

Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.