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

My children are lovely. They're perfect..

Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys..

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries..

I'm a bit of a Doubting Thomas - always worrying about things..

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

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, ….

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 do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom..

After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two..

I'm a late developer..

If anyone says 'Let's have a girls' night out', I will run in the opposite direction..

With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, ….

I can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and ma….

I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now..

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

I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't….

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 find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress..

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly..

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