I Prefer The Finesse Of French Humour.

I Think It's Always Hard For People To Get Their Head Around The Fact That Populist, Commercial Films Can Also Actually Be Great Works Of Art.

There Is That Awful Moment When You Realize That You're Falling In Love. That Should Be The Most Joyful Moment, And Actually It's Not. It's Always A Moment That's Full Of Fear Because You Know, As Night Follows Day, The Joy Is Going To Rapidly Be Followed By Some Pain Or Other. All The Angst Of A Relationship.

When I Was Making Films [early In My Career] There Were Very, Very Few Female Directors, And There Were Certainly No Women On Set, Which Made Taking One's Clothes Off All The More Difficult.

I Think Of Myself As Mirren Rather Than Mironova, Absolutely. I Am A Brit, Really. I Mean When I Go To Russia And I Do Have, Maybe It's A Romantic Fantasy. You Know Us Actors, We're Very Good At Romantic Fantasies.

I Used To Look Out The Window Of My Bedroom As A Kid, And There Were These Stars That, In My Mind, Made A Big "a" In The Sky. I Thought My Destiny Was To Go There.