“I never wanted to play sensational parts, or those of desirable women. I wanted to play me... the independent fighter...".”

“I never won an Oscar... and the Oscars never won Irene Papas”

“Falling in love is like death... they are both facts”

“I want to be......A prince......Not a Princess!I don't want to be protected! When I'm a prince I'll do the protecting!”

“When I was a boy, playing at the beach, I remember a game I loved, which was an omen of my future life. I would dig a channel with high sides in the sand for the sea to fill. But when the water flooded the path I created for it with such violence that it destroyed everything in its way: my castles made of pebbles, my dikes of sand. It swept away everything, destroying it all, then disappeared, leaving me with a heavy heart, yet not daring to ask for pity, since the sea had only responded to my call. It's the same with love. You call out for it, you plan its course. The wave crashes into your heart, but it's so different from how you imagined it, so bitter and icy.”

“i honestly and deeply believe that every disappointment was a turning point.”

“if you focus on what you have left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead”