Greta Scacchi

“I have done everything I can to make sure my daughter knows her father because you form your own identity by rebelling against your parents - but first you have to know them.”

“Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.”

“I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin.”

“I have invested some money and I have a home, but people don't realise that you might only be working for a few weeks of the year and remain unemployed the rest of the time.”

“You seldom get that in film where you're lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut.”

“I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.”

“A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.”

“I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you.”

“I want to come across as a positive person.”

“I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work.”

“Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.”

“Once, I had so many scripts coming to me that I could hardly read them all.”

“I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely.”

“It helped me when I decided that we're on this planet to learn to live together and get along.”

“I feel lucky, happy and philosophical about it all.”

“I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage.”

“I always knew it was going to be difficult when I got beyong 40, but I didn't realise it would start at 35.”

“My father was absent and he was a hero to me.”

“On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.”

“Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love.”