Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.

I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.

In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.

For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.

I don't care if you love me or not. I'll love you anyway.

The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.

I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.

I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.

It's like killing each other is the only thing we know how to do.

As’ is the most difficult word in a Christian’s life. We have to forgive 'as' we want to be forgiven.

When you find her, you will have the answers you need.

But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths instead of talking.

There's a difference between immaturity and not being ready, and there's a certain maturity in admitting that you're not ready.

I really work. I like feeling that I've nailed it, and we've got the picture.

I usually hang out on the set. I get to know everybody. I have a nice time with the other actors.

But then you slammed a door handle into my gut. And when a girl does that to a guy; it means she likes him.

As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted.

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.