If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly.

If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly.

I was six years old when I saw my first Godard movie, eight when I first experienced Bergman. I wanted to be a director when I was fourteen.

I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it.

I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.

I'm an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I've been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.

I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior.

I love the acting process. What I don't like is what's around it. The auditions and being rejected every other day. The look thing. That you have to lose weight, that you have to do Botox.

I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It's more sociological, and it's funny anyway - not that serious. It's not like false humility. I just take it for what it is.

I wasn't born an artist. I was really good in science as a kid. I probably shouldn't have been an artist because I'm much more interested in science. But I was raised by artists. I can't really escape it.

I went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story.

The condition of being an actress can be unbearable.

When you're an actress, you become this thing in people's hands that people are trying to manipulate. I cannot stand it.

Too many women throw themselves into romance because theyre afraid of being single then start making compromises and losing their identity. I wont do that.

You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity.

We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands.

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.

A lot of my friends are gay, and certainly I have no tolerance for anyone who has any sort of ignorance or restriction on people's lives or love lives.

It is imperative for the health and safety of millions of workers that we ensure that breathing systems needed for protection are widely available, convenient and economical.

Don't stop dreaming just because you had a nightmare.

What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.

Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.

Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character, and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

There is no more dangerous country in the world today than Pakistan.

We can't take our ball and go home when the consequences mean a weaker America.

I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm.

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.

I believe in myself, and that's why I take criticism. You need to be very strong to survive in Bollywood. If someone calls me a bad actress, I won't live with it but will work towards improving myself.

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much.

I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.

You don't look at each other on the subway.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

I'm high energy.

You cant be brave if youve only had wonderful things happen to you.

We live in the age of the refugee, the age of the exile.

As an actor, acting is like playing a sport. You do this thing that's intangible, and while it's happening, it's great. But then when it's done, there's really no tangible product. Someone else is capturing it and turning it into something tangible.

When you're acting, you're a person. When you're modeling, you're a hanger.

It is much better to have just one idea, and if the idea is clear, then you can fight for it. That is how you can get things done.