As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.

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Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when...

Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when...

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't...

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't...

How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with...

How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with...

There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I...

There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I...

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an...

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an...

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think...

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think...

How I was raised is what I am today.

How I was raised is what I am today.

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I...

I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I...

Acting is actually private.

Acting is actually private.

There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain...

There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain...

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking...

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking...

The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from...

The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from...

I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out...

I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out...

Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to...

Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to...

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet.

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet.

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was...

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was...