True happiness is impossible without solitude.... I need solitude in my life as I need food and drink and the laughter of little children. Extravagant though it may sound, solitude is the filter of my soul. It nourishes me, and rejuvenates me. Left alone, I discovered that I keep myself good company.

The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

You do not become a star, you are born a star. A star is born with that indefinable extra something.

I know how to say 'no' in twelve languages. That's enough for a woman.

I don't go for films that exalt violence. I don't want them in my house. Sometimes my children see them. But nowadays they do it so truthfully and with so much passion that you are shocked.

Beauty is no handicap if you don't think about it.