I know there were things emanating from me. I was not aware of what attracted all these directors to me.
Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.
Sometimes there is a great intimacy between women without any homosexuality. This is something that men are less likely to understand, because for them sensuality means sexual. It doesn't excite us to imagine two men together.
I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.
What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change.
I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.
I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me.
As soon as an actress is past 40, they call her a grande dame. As long as I'm here in good health, I'm stable.
When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.
Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who have the greatest impact.
It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.
I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.
All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.
Usually when a woman is 60, it's over.
Making films is no longer a way of acting, it is a way of life.
You suffer when you give birth, it doesn't matter, it's nature. They tell you, oh, those hormone pills, they're terrible, you'll get cancer. But when it comes to Viagra for men, they don't speak about cancer.
