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….

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

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..

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

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..

I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?.

I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about..

My children are lovely. They're perfect..

I just don't see very many films. Because I make them..

I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people..

Films are just consumables..

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people..