Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.
If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.
We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.
I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32.
When you make a film, you sign a contract with somebody, and it's not only legally binding but morally binding. You agree to give this man a certain number of weeks of your life, and you just go for it as much as possible. Because, whatever happens, the film is going to come out, so you might as well try very hard to make it a good one.
I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am.
You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane.
Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.
I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?
I'm very wary of trust, you see.
I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.
I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.
'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!
I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully.
I have a feeling I will work for a long, long time. I like it a lot... and I don't know. I just have a feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who go on for ever.
I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.
I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.
I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.
Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love.
Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones.
As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.
I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.
It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages.
I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I dont know how my mother did it.
I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.
