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

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

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

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

“I won an Oscar. I Won it in a raffle. It’s a replica, but I still gave a teary-eyed acceptance speech. I thanked your mom for being so supportive (she’s got a back like a dining room table).”

“It's never too late to change, it's never too late to heal.”

“These two sections [of Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise], plus some of the author's notes, are all we have -- this in itself is a tragedy and waste of war. Had this novel been finished we would be hailing it as one of the supreme works of literature. As it stands, it is like a great cathedral gutted by a bomb. The ruined shell still soars to heaven, a reminder of the human spirit triumphing despite human destructiveness.”