Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.

Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.

I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.

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

Zhang Yimou is always going to need young, pretty girls for his films. But I don't really concern myself with what Zhang Yimou's next starlet looks like.

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.

Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.