Amanda Eliasch quotes:

Tinseltown is eerily silent when The Oscars, The Emmys and The Grammys, The Sag Awards, and The Golden Globes aren't in full swing.

My marriage started to go badly wrong after I had my second son.

There is superficiality to Hollywood, and yes, it is charming. Of course there is sunshine, but there is also a dark side. It's a difficult place if you don't know people, and if you can't drive, you will find it lonely. You have to create your own bubble.

Everything is for sale in Hollywood; the fairy tale, the costume, the pumpkin, the footman and the mice.

My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical.

I'm not keen on the Internet. I don't trust it.

Part of me is very shy.

All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.

Every woman has, for her own self-esteem, to work or have a major interest.

In L.A., you seem to meet only one sort of person.

I like my privacy, and my personal bank manager is one of my favourite people.

I like to be free.

If I can't be happy, nobody can be happy.