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“I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.”
“I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.”
“From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.”
“I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.”
“I have got a few misters interested but nobody special these days.”
“Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.”
“I do find acting cathartic.”
“I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.”
“I never pursued being 'famous.'”
“I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.”
“I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring.”
“My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything.”
“The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time.”
“Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel.”
“In the theatre, once you've gone about eight rows back, everybody else is just listening to you. You're very small, and nobody can really see what you're doing.”
“I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.”
“In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them.”
“You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.”
“As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.”
“The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.”