At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.

Time seems to stop in certain places.

A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.

I've always loved men.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

Marriage has just never interested me.

My view is quite simple. When your dog pees on the carpet, you do not give away your dog. You say, This dog is special. I have to teach him not to pee on the carpet. I feel exactly the same way about men. They need to be taught things.

Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character.

Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result.

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.

I'm a perfectionist. I need to be needed. I need to do things for a man. But I don't need to do them as much, these days.

This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It's not true of theatre, but in America, film audiences are young. It's not an intellectual cinema in America.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

To be used in a part without depth is a frustrating feeling, when you know you have something to give.

We all lose our looks eventually. Better develop your character and interest in life.