I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.

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Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the...

Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the...

Polanski was very precise. I think he still is.

Polanski was very precise. I think he still is.

In America you need a bodyguard to go out.

In America you need a bodyguard to go out.

Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in...

Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in...

I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that....

I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that....

Marriage is obsolete and a trap.

Marriage is obsolete and a trap.

I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian.

I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian.

I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take...

I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take...

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that...

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that...

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to...

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to...

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year,...

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year,...

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors...

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors...

People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on...

People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on...

I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English...

I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English...

That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to...

That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to...

I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.

I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.

I'm lucky; people write scripts for me

I'm lucky; people write scripts for me

When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start...

When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start...

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do...

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do...