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.

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.

If you're gonna catch fire

As Christians, we are not to be people without feelings.

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.

It is... a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

Man does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and love, by the star on the horizon, by the trumpet that will not call retreat.

All reaction is limited by, and dependant on, what it is reacting against.

She shook her head as she confessed, "I want it so much, I'm afraid to hope." "Never be afraid to hope," Rohan said gently. "It's the only way to begin." -Rohan to Win

This world will slam doors in your face at every opportunity. Be willing to employ a foot when necessary.

You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.