“My mother was a biographer's dream and a nightmare. She was a dream be...” — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Quote

“My mother was a biographer's dream and a nightmare. She was a dream because she was a classic to write about and everybody loves her. She was a nightmare because there are no scandals, quasi-cruelties, no really juicy stuff.”

“Once the war started, my grandfather went to England, where he was under house arrest on the Isle of Man, and then to Ireland, but not to Germany. In no way did he, or my grandmother for that matter, ever support either the war or the Holocaust.”

“She performed for the Dutch Resistance, not just to raise money but also to entertain people and to take their minds off the horrors they were living through. They would do plays and little musicals, trying to be discreet and not bring the attention of the soldiers.”

“My goal from the very beginning was to make very visually lush, juicy films that you can really sink your teeth into. That's always been part of my modus operandi.”

“It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.”

“It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.”