“Every time I get in front of a camera, I think of it as an attractive man I am meeting for the first time. I find him demanding and aloof—so I must do all in my power to interest him.”
“It's also very painful, because I feel, and I know, probably all women my age and older feel like we're better and have more to give and are more fun now.”
“I think we’re all capable of bad things but luckily most of us are able to curb ourselves. I think that’s why we’re always so fascinated with criminal stories because there but for the grace of God it could be us.”
“I like to see a film where I don't need to look at the titles to know who did it, where one image is enough to say this is David Lynch, this is Alfred Hitchcock, this is Spike Lee. ”
“[on Klaus Kinski] I have never met a man like my father. He is so mad, terrible and vehement at the same time. Because of him, I never knew anything other than passion. When I began to meet other people I saw that it wasn't normal.”
“I became an actor to escape my own personality. Acting is the most therapeutic thing in the world. I think all the courage that I may lack personally, I have as an actor.”
“I feel very, very blessed. It's like a guardian angel guided me into all the right streets, all the right turns. I'm very happy with my career and I want to make more movies!”