I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

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All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.

All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.

Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And...

Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And...

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the...

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the...

When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and...

When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and...

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have...

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have...

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Although for some people cinema means something superficial and glamorous, it is something else. I...

Although for some people cinema means something superficial and glamorous, it is something else. I...

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate,...

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate,...

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and...

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and...

My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give...

My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give...

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from...

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from...

When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.

When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the...

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the...

It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is...

It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is...

If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live...

If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live...

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at...

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at...

I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do.

I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do.

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows....

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows....