"Half of me is Streep and the other half is Wilkinson from Lincolnshire so I come by it honestly, this part."

“Well, aren't we all grateful to be alive? I just know lots of people … at my age, I've lost a lot of people in my life and I'm very grateful to be here. That's what I mean.”

“I don’t know what my image is. I went to France to publicize Marvin’s Room, and one really smart young woman journalist said to me “You know, what I told people I was going to interview Meryl Streep, they were so excited...all ze woman in my office, they love you so much. But ze men - they are afraid of you.”

“I am so daunted by that I never think about it. It is a thing bigger than I am capable of perceiving. Other people are more aware and concerned with it than I could ever allow myself to be.”

“I don't really. In our business, you're not kicked out necessarily …”

“No! But they were here . Here they were surprised, because it was difficult to finance, the film. A lot of the executives would say, 'I just don't get it.'”

“I live simply. I don't buy a lot of fashion!”