I think, being an actress, you know that you're getting old. I'm 44. I mean, an agent said when I turned 40, "It won't get better."

Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading.

You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.

In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.

The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.

I love being a beginner. It can be a terrible feeling because you're ashamed of everything you do, but it's so exciting at the same time.

I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play.

There's always this thing of wanting to be elsewhere.

I hope one day I will be able to be completely myself. Maybe I'll be wilder.

I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.

Three things will make you happy: always have happy thoughts, be honest to yourself, and express unconditional love for everything.

The private sector is doing fine.

Love is something we must have. We must have it because our spirits feed upon it.

We ought to be thankful to nature for having made those things which are necessary easy to be discovered; while other things that are difficult to be known are not necessary.

The most cost-effective move we could make in defense spending would be to shift the focus of CIA operations, giving this agency the directive to make trouble for the Soviet Union.

If Krishna is good, Christ is good, Allah is good, then Hitler cannot be bad.

The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight

I'm really into food; it's one of my favourite things - everything from potato waffles to lobster.

Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.

I cannot love a friend whose love is words.