It [winning Oscar] is the most important event in the career of an actor, an extraordinary moment, beautiful. Some people live their whole life just to win an Oscar.

I don't believe in anti-aging creams. I believe the skin should be clean, should be nourished, but most of all you should eat the right things.

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.

You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old.

I do 45 minutes a day of stretching and abdominals and I lift light weights of half a kilo. Otherwise, if you strain your muscles, then you have to be quiet and stay without any exercise for a long time. I do heavier weights gradually. I'm going to become Superwoman with oil on my muscles!

I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

Ignorance has its virtues; without it there'd be mighty little conversation.