I also feel like I've learned over the years what is not important, and that is also great: to know what is pointless to spend your energy on, to be more specific.

I'm an atheist. But I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God. We celebrate pretty much every religion in our family with the kids. They love it, and when they say, 'Are we Jewish?' or 'Are we Catholic?' I say, 'Well, I'm not, but you can choose when you're 18. But isn't this fun that we do seders and the Advent calendar?'

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option.

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about.

I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to themselves.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

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