The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.

The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.

There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.

In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.

I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.

I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.

I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me.