Boys are easy. I mean, there are just a lot of bruises when they're young. With boys, you get a lot of accidental jabs in the eye and stepping on your feet, and those tantrums they cause when they don't want to leave the toy store.

What the digital age has offered us, in terms of connectivity and transparency, is that all of these people from weird places in the world are all talking to each other, at four in the morning, and are sharing ideas. There's more openness than has ever been known, so that's a good thing.

There is no doubt that each of us is born an individual. Why is it then that so many of us die carbon copies?

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.

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.

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

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