I'm a huge Marlene Dietrich fan. She's got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard to find a man who could come up with something hard for her to handle. She's seen it all and done it all.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.
When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.
I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.
I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.
I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible.
My story is really an affirmation of my strength and my luck. To live with a great artist like Ted Hughes or Mick Jagger is a very, very destructive role for a woman trying to be herself. In fact, it can't be done.
Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.
Even the most beautiful legs - Marlene Dietrich's, for instance - look better when the kneecap is covered.
Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.
Take a person like Julia Roberts: she does what she wants.