I can occupy myself quite easily with what's going on inside me.

Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with.

If words don't have vibration behind them, and a real feeling behind them, then they're just words.

I know I have great inner strength; I always have. I can blank things out, cut people out, and I know that I can go and live in a cave on my own if necessary.

European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films

You go though a period of immense pain when reality meets the dream.

I can be seen as not being very communicative, or rather mysterious, or distant, or rather cold - all those things. Yeah, I know I can give off that impression. So I am that, too.

Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out.

There's always a time for change, and you should never be frightened of it.

You can't fool an audience with lots of bits and pieces. You have to lead them somewhere.

I am not qualified to be a Dame. To be Dame you have to represent England in a way that I don't.

Money is made out of time.

Wherever we are, we are as one

Being a mom changes your life. It actually has made me become more comfortable in my own skin and my own body because it's such a growth and a learning lesson.

The most decisive event in your life is when you discover you are not your thoughts or emotions. Instead, you can be present as the awareness behind the thoughts and emotions.

I know of nothing to compare with the welcome a dog gives you when you come home.

I don't think anyone wants a movie on time that's not worth your time.

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying.

Know more about the situation you're facing than a reporter who is writing a major article would.

It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary.