The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.

In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous.

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.

I always thought that's the exact metaphor, the perfect metaphor for acting. To go blind, to ignore the danger, and to totally trust.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal always hides itself behind the normal.

For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.

We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.

A film is the reflection of the soul of its creator.

Sometimes over the years, you know, things come to surface.

I'm sorry if me being turned on turns you on.

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

It's much easier to tame a wild idea than invigorate one that has no life in the first place.

She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company.

Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving.

Nature has from the first expanded the minute blossoms of the forest only toward the heavens, above men's heads and unobserved bythem. We see only the flowers that are under our feet in the meadows.

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.

MTV didn't exist in 1980, but by 1982, it had gotten to be a force to be reckoned with.