I think one of my biggest lessons so far in life is that hard work really does pay off. It may not culminate in the way you expected it to, but I have found that when I really put my head down and apply myself, I often get a good result.

Every time I get a script in my inbox, it's like a little Christmas present. It's so exciting to see what they've cooked up.

Acting for screen is very different from acting on stage, and then obviously when you dance... everything is a physical embodiment. But the discipline is the same approach. You have to take both things seriously; nothing well-crafted is by mistake.

I know that there is absolutely good in the world.

I love the process of creating a character; someone entirely different from myself, and depicting it, either on stage or screen.

The second time I was banned was when I directed a film called Xiu Xiu. I was banned for three years from China.

The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!