I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, ….

I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother..

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months..

I'm a late developer..

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief..

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me..

I never raise my voice!.

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different..

In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'.

I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself!.

I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in….

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing..

I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it..

Life is too short to live on low-fat everything..

Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love..

Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones..

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up..

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of th….

You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane..

We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer..

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting..