I Used To Suffer From Excessive Pride.

I've Never Been Too Afraid Of What Other People Have Said, Especially When I Was Younger, But I Suppose That Was The Arrogance Of Youth.

It's Funny, This Thing About Happiness. It's A Commodity That Was Imported From America In The Fifties. I See Myself Simply As Living My Life. . . . I Feel It's Pushing Your Luck To Define How Happy You Are.

Thank God We're Not Like America. Everyone Wants To Look Like They're 20. In Europe We Admire Grown-up Women; I Think Men Revere Older Women.

I Consulted A Chinese Herbalist And Spent Two Weeks On An Island Off The Coast Of Zanzibar. I Was Away From Any Kind Of Contemporary Technology.

I Do Find Acting Cathartic.