I went to the Gobi Desert, even though I had no scenes there. This is the greatness of China, the landscape, even for us.

My grandmother had flawless skin just from using basic skincare - an old herbal remedy in the form of a white powder and cream. I don't actually know what was in it because when you're young, you're not interested in skincare, and I didn't want to walk around the house with a white face.

Raising awareness for Nepal was and still is an important role for me.

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.

When it is real person, especially who means so much to millions of people, you have an obligation, you cannot take liberties, you cannot pretend to know. But we are telling the love story of Michael Aris and his wife, the story of a beautiful, lush country, and the emotions of a mother.

When men have a smile on their faces, that does a lot for me.

As producers, we can influence where the budget goes, but only the director really controls what tone, what type of movie you are trying to make.

When I made my first film, it was just an adventure. But after my first movie, I guess I got more of a feeling of what was happening around me.

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.

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.

Your timing has to be very accurate. I've done a lot of wire work before. I can see that experience makes a big difference.

I've taken this year to concentrate fully on the promotion of 'The Lady.' This movie has been so meaningful; until we have premiered in every part of the world and encouraged as many people as possible to shine the spotlight on the Burmese people and Daw Suu, I will not have a next project.

Why do we have 'Transformers 5 or 6?' Because young kids will go and see it four or five times.

There is so much we can do to save lives on our roads.

My career in the movie business began in Hong Kong, my heart has always been tied to Asia, and it is immensely gratifying to see international recognition for Asian cinema as a whole.

I gathered as much reading material about Aung San Suu Kyi and about Burma as I could. And I read every article and every book she had written. I also had 200 hours of footage of her to watch. I tried to discover who were her heroes and where he desire and strength to pursue democracy in a non-violent fashion came from.

The first one I did was an action film with Sammo Hung and George Lam, but I had the usual female role for that time: you know, damsel in distress, rescued by the hero.

I don't like cutting my hair. I did that once, and my mum thought I was a boy.

I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as well. 'Memoirs of a Geisha' was not so much about physical exertion... it was much more graceful and contained than that.

If I only get to play Malaysian roles, there wouldn't be very many roles for me to play.

When I watch myself on-screen, I always look for the flaws.

I grew up in Malaysia, and Bollywood is really big there. As a result, I've grown up watching a lot of Hindi movies.

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.

India is a great talent pool of actors. I see Freida Pinto making it big in Hollywood, and I am sure many others can also make it.

My mother is a very big cinema buff, so as a kid, we watched a lot of Indian and Malay films.

Beauty shouldn't be superficial and should come from within, and your eyes will tell the story.

We always see Aung San as a strong, tough woman. There are two stories running in parallel. You see the contradictions between the East and the West, and you see someone who does mundane and normal things - someone who's supposed to be a housewife - and then someone who's become important and imprisoned.

Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.

I stretch and do my squats when I brush my teeth.

I always thought of myself as James Bond.

When a movie becomes very successful, it's automatic that people will start thinking a sequel, a prequel, a quel-quel.

As a producer, what you want to do is make the next hit. But you also want to lead the audience into wanting to watch different movies. You have to vary your content.

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.

You have to have integrity.

The Asia and the Pacific region is facing an epidemic of road death and injury, but we also have innovative Asian road safety solutions.

'Crouching Tiger,' of course, was a very dramatic role for me, and the fighting was very serious.

Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.

You never know whether the subject matter will click with the audience at that particular time. I wish there was a formula, you know, 'That plus that equals success.'

As an actress, you know there are limitations on what you can do creatively.

The beauty about being a producer is you sit there, and you explore ideas which become a passion, which slowly becomes a reality.

I'm terrible on the phone. I just text my friends and family and say, 'Hey, I'm in town.'

Sometimes, being a girl away from home - it gets to you.

In a movie, that's the only time when you're allowed these kind of fantasies to be lived. Being able to look so cool and be able to fight five bad guys and take them down. When can you do that?

On 'Far North,' we were always aware of being at the whim of mother nature. She's the biggest star in the film.

It's so important for me to do my own stunts. The sense of achievement is so immense. But the studios don't want to take the risk.

Before you get into the mind, you have to inhabit the physicality. Body language is a great way of speaking.

San Suu's story will always involve politics, but the essence is the love story.

Martial arts is something you can learn or pick up and think you could do really well.

Some of the martial arts films, the motivation is about martial arts. That's where it's coming from. It is a visual, commercial film, to showcase the next stunt, the biggest thing. And character development becomes a side thing.

We all learn every day, and that's the magic about film making.