Zitat des Tages von Michelle Yeoh:
It was like baptism by fire. There was no school for studying acting. You just have to take it upon yourself to learn from your peers. It's about opening your eyes, listening, and watching.
I stretch and do my squats when I brush my teeth.
It can only be true love when you enable your other half to be better, to be the person they're destined to be.
Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.
I have people who love me and people that I love and a man that I love. So in that sense, I feel that I'm pretty well rounded.
Martial arts is something you can learn or pick up and think you could do really well.
Raising awareness for Nepal was and still is an important role for me.
My mother is a very big cinema buff, so as a kid, we watched a lot of Indian and Malay films.
There might never be another 'Crouching Tiger.' There might be something that's even better than 'Crouching Tiger.'
San Suu's story will always involve politics, but the essence is the love story.
I have done many films across the globe and would love to be a part of Bollywood, but the script must have a strong character for me.
Martial arts is just practice. Being a geisha requires complete control.
For me, the director is the most important thing. He is steering the boat. If you don't trust him, you won't be able to give him your all.
In one take, I had to do 24 combat sequences, which is hard. It makes you think, 'I'd better get on my toes again.'
If I only get to play Malaysian roles, there wouldn't be very many roles for me to play.
I love my martial arts and action movies. They give another dimension to the acting world: the emotional plus the physical.
'The Lady' is an incredible love story about how a family was cut off from each other, about sacrifice, about the ability to put the needs of million of people before your own.
This world belongs to all of us, and all sexes should be able to live in respect and harmony.
I believe that the director is really the soul. It is a collaborative effort, but the director is the one who needs to have that vision. It could be a great script, but it starts from there. You need to have good material, at least, but if you don't have someone with vision, it's just words.
I went to the Gobi Desert, even though I had no scenes there. This is the greatness of China, the landscape, even for us.
Why do we have 'Transformers 5 or 6?' Because young kids will go and see it four or five times.
When you love someone, you don't try to change them.
For an actress, everything is always fine - you are looked after, you have your trailer, and everything provided. But the crew are the ones out there in the wilds all the time, hours before and after us.
There is so much we can do to save lives on our roads.
I love action films, and to be able to put together 'Silver Hawk' was so exciting.
It's very important that I'm approaching a character that I've either not played before, or I can give it a different take.
When men have a smile on their faces, that does a lot for me.
Every time I choose to do a movie, I make the decision because of what I think I can learn from it.
I kick and punch quite hard, and it surprises people.
There is no guaranteed formula. And that's one of the interesting things about filmmaking. You could put $115 million in, and it doesn't guarantee success.
I believe all of us want to do good for our country.
In Europe and America, you never see a director pick up a camera. They all sit behind monitors.
As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience.
If you read a lot of Chinese literature, there has always been very strong women figures - warriors, swordswomen - who defended honor and loyalty with the men. So, it's not new to our culture - it's always been very much a part of it. It's good that now the Western audience would have a different image of the Chinese women.
I was struck by Suu Kyi's warmth and generosity. No matter how petite she looks, she exudes amazing strength. More than anything else, I felt like I already knew her, like she was an old friend, because I'd been watching her so intently, and she was exactly what I had figured she would be.
Wai Lin is the first Bond Girl who is on a par with Bond, someone who can match up with him mentally and physically. From the moment our characters see each other, there is a wariness and a recognition that this person is not who she or he seems to be.