I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.

I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't.

I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death sentence and a life sentence. And I want to live. What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? And the answer is always creativity.

I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.

I think I missed all of the wonderful things ... I missed the control that you have in film, and I missed getting it right, really getting it right, the way you hope people will see it. All of the things that people love about theater - the fact that it changes every night and that it's so spontaneous - all of those things just frighten me.

I'm not interested in being perfect when im older. Im interested in having a narrative. It's the narrative that's really the most beautiful thing about women.