I believe we are all born equal. You know, we are, whether you're a boy or a girl, you should have the same equal rights.

Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.

The most important thing is that you have really good friends and family, and when you go back to them, it's like 'what?'. You carry on as who you are.

If I only get to play Malaysian roles, there wouldn't be very many roles for me to play.

As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience.

I don't like Kublai Khan, let's just kill him off!

That's the magic of filmmaking, to draw the audience into an exotic world and keep them there and keep the suspense.

My career in the movie business began in Hong Kong, my heart has always been tied to Asia, and it is immensely gratifying to see international recognition for Asian cinema as a whole.

In a movie, that's the only time when you're allowed these kind of fantasies to be lived. Being able to look so cool and be able to fight five bad guys and take them down. When can you do that?

I gravitate towards roles where women find strength in very difficult, uncompromising situations but maintain clarity in mind, discipline at heart, and a certain strength in spirit.

For me, the director is the most important thing. He is steering the boat. If you don't trust him, you won't be able to give him your all.

Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war.

Never test another man by your own weakness.

Your boss loves your ideas ... it's you he doesn't care about.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

I'd love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I'm just waiting for them to want to travel with me.

I think there are too many smart people pursuing internet stuff, finance, and law. That is part of the reason why we haven't seen as much innovation.

I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness.

Solitude, community, and ministry are certainly not just for celibates! Celibates also have a hard time keeping up.

Nothing is more valuable to people than health care, and by paying, they feel less like beggars and more like 'customers' who can and should demand quality care.

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.