"I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I'm just a woman who loves her family and makes a living doing what she loves."

"I was never very good at being a Hollywood star. I was always a bit too European."

"I was never very good at being a celebrity. I was always a bit too private."

"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone."

"We can't have you walking up the Champs Elysses looking like a tourist undertaker! And another thing, never a briefcase in Paris and never an umbrella. There's a law."