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.

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.

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.

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.

Living life is the greatest miracle.

The rain hit the windows like rice

Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words.

I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible.'

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.

When people ask me why I don't eat meat or any other animal products, I say, 'Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry.'

the touch of evil poisons by the idea of it. Reject the idea, and you've rejected the evil

The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.

Hell is full of high court judges.