I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not be….

I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe your 30s are a wonderful time..

As you get older naked stuff [on film] gets easier. It's more to do with the role than what men in the audience think. There's a liberation about it..

The role of women has always been undervalued in the spy world, always undermined in terms of recognition. Unfairly so. It's a world that needs women..

When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir J….

It's great to be queen!.

As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role out of the water and put you off on….

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian..

Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position - arms folded, butch-looki….

It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically ..

I always love working with young actors, because there's always something to learn. It's always exciting to see the next generation and how they appr….

Directors always used to be like the police to me - the enemy, the people to tell me what to do when I didn't want to do it. But I've lived with one ….

All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap..

I woke up one day and realized I could never be an American..

I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that..

Any role that's proactive is a great role, and action roles are by their very nature proactive. You get to do stuff. I hate sitting in a corner - I'd….

Parkinson's is a slow but inevitable process. It's hard living with it on a daily basis. The difficulty facing people with it is that they never quit….

I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom..

I still have a Gypsy sense of adventure. I don't think I have slept in the same bed for more than three or four months my whole life. I am always pla….

Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think that's their intention….

Love thy neighbor is difficult. That's why everybody - wars, you know. It's the hardest. And it's the most important. And respect thy neighbor. Love ….