I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.

I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really.

Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.

I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that.

Japan is very much a TV-centered entertainment industry. So, when you talk about big stars in Japan, generally they are people who are on television. I work mostly in movies.

I've been playing these schoolgirl roles in all my movies. Every time I went to the set, it felt like I was going to school.

I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.

Nobody knows exactly what he's capable of until he tries.

There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.

Early on, my abandoning father had set the pattern of my love life on the loom of my subconscious.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

The one and original lovable monster is lost amid all the hydraulic manipulations in what now emerges as the story of a dumb blonde who falls for a huge plastic finger.

It's too expensive, that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true, it is too expensive to market movies. Making movies is not.

I think freestyling is very important. That's the key to the game, if you wanna be in the MC crowd, freestyling is important.

He's a fascinating gentleman. Old-school. I tried to talk him into attending one of my services, but he said he wasn't finished sinning yet, and he'd let me know when he was.

I took Jujitsu for four years, which has no striking. My dad had me in Taekwondo when I was a kid, but I didn't retain much of that.

There's something about the human brain, that it actually has a predilection towards negativity, which served us really well when we lived in an environment that was very threatening.