I'm afraid of being too sure, to just deliver. I think that's the biggest danger for actors - after a certain time, when you're known and recognised, people expect you to do what you're supposed to do, and there's almost no more criticism and that's very dangerous.
Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.
What I do is I come in the morning and get involved in the character, but I'm always very pleased to leave it at night and have my life.
I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare nowadays. There are many actresses I admire.
I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.
I love to do very long and complicated scenes. I like to have this impression that we are all working together, where you can see all the technicians and everybody is really doing the same thing at the same time. With close-ups, of course you have the crew there, but most of them are just around and it doesn't involve that many people.
To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.
Sometimes, just to give the impression that you have the strength and the vitality demands a lot. You can't always give that impression when you have heels and a wig on and it's 40 degrees outside.
I think one of the few times I've been involved with real-life characters was the story of Marie Bonaparte. I think it's really difficult to become someone that really existed.
When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.
Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.
Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.
I like working with directors much, because I want to be able to give myself completely to their vision. Otherwise I would only do what I could do, again and again. I want to be taken by someone in a different direction.
Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.
When you're young, you try to meet that expectation that people have of you. It can be very stressful. But with time it's become less of problem.
I'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type.
Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.
I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.
Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.
I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.
I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants.
I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.
You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.
I am frivolous. But sometimes, that's the problem of my Christian education, when I know I've been frivolous, and I know I have to do it, then I feel guilty.
