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

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

How I was raised is what I am today.

How I was raised is what I am today.

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...

Acting is actually private.

Acting is actually private.

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...

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...

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...

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...

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

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 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...

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...