Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.

I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

Love is suffering. One side always loves more.

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects. But sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.

I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.

That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.

The last time I felt alive – I was looking into your eyes.Breathing your air…. touching your skin…… Saying goodbye….The last time I felt alive…. I was dying.

Knowledge and education are the key to this human tragedy which is a bonfire of hate fueled by ignorance.

When you totally commit yourself to a project and do your work quietly and well, unknown friends will find you and angels will surround you.

Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love.

My husband is pretty particular about his cars. In his opinion, the Mercedes are the best of the best.

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it.

I'm a big fan of the older vampire movies.

I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press.

A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved.

Guys usually know immediately that I'm high-maintenance.