You're much better off as a love goddess to die around the age of 40.

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.

As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary.

I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement.

I'm very glad to have something to be passionate about. I can't imagine a life without passion.

The film was made in 1973. It was a golden time for people to experiment without risking, for example, AIDS. Today one has to be so much more careful and I don't think a character like that could exist now.

I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on doing both painting and acting until the end of my days.