Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go…

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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.

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

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

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...

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...

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have...

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have...

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

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...

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...

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation...

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation...

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...

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of...

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of...

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...

I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.

I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.

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.

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...

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.

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...

How I was raised is what I am today.

How I was raised is what I am today.

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.