"I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'"

"I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box."

"I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece."

"I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me."

"I think at some stage, I would love to have another child. I would love to settle into a relationship that was really important to me. I actually am not good at the balance at that."

"Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable."

"It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack."

"Bond is part of the system. He's an imperialist and a misogynist, and he laughs at killing people, and he sits there slugging martinis. It'll never be the same thing as this, because Bourne is a guy who is against the establishment, who is paranoid and on the run. I just think fundamentally they're just very different things."