England understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French.

Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.

I want to travel. Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes.

I like characters who have strong facades and then have secrets. They have cracks.

I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet.

I have my own style and don't really follow fashion, but I like leggings. They're easy to wear and can go with anything.

Don't be ashamed of who you are, embrace who you are.

I need to fall in love with someone. Sorry - I mean fall in love with something. I need to wake myself up.

I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

I don't believe in awards. It's very good for the ego, I suppose.

I have Algerian, Turkish, Swedish, Spanish blood: I feel like a citizen of the world. Life and cinema don't have borders.

I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there - a couple of photographers but no other writers.

I can drink like a fish, or at least, someone born with fetal alcohol syndrome.

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know

Theology is that discipline whereby we stop talking nonsense about God.

Men are not narrow in their intellectual interests by nature; it takes special and rigorous training to accomplish that end.

People are afraid of immortality because they believe they won't find something to do and will get bored! What to do if we become immortal? We can just walk! It is better than dying!

Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.

Conservatives were brought up to hate deficits and justifiably so. We've long thought there are two things in Washington that are unbalanced - the budget and the liberals.

The most important career decision you'll make is who your life partner is.