Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar c….

Quentin [Tarantino] called me and said: "Yeah, you've got to be in my movie. You've got to be in Death Proof." But he made me audition. I was like: "….

Street performers, homemade crafts, keep your wallet in your front pocket and don't buy any crap!.

When I went to Venice I found that my dream had become-incredibly, but quite simply-my address..

Until it seems the whole city will be covered with gold pollen shaken from the bell-towers, lilies plundered with the weight of massive bees . . ..

Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight..