There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. "In the Mood for Love," though, reached all the way to my belly.

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.

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.

A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors.

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

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.

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