It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.

We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.

No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.

I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.

James Ivory is very, very subtle in his study of human behavior. I think that he's very aware of the subtleties of women behavior.

The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.

I noticed that when I went to see the rushes or the first showing that there was something quite human in this desperation, and I hadn't planned it.

The French? Upper class. Now, this is not all of France, it's just the French upper class, and it's very true. That's the way that they are, yes.