As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.

Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

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

People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again after I was 16.

I don't like it when reviews aren't about the movie. When they're about how much money somebody made, or who they're sleeping with, or if they got the job via some connection, or about how Fox is putting X amount of dollars into it.