When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better.

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.

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 want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.

Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare.

Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.

I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.