Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And that has to emerge.

To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change.

The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.