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.

There might never be another 'Crouching Tiger.' There might be something that's even better than 'Crouching Tiger.'

Acting is not just impersonating your character.

Playing Aung San Suu Kyi was a journey in itself. She represents many things for many people and for many reasons. Although I have played many important roles in my life, I can say that this role has been a journey of self-realisation.

They won't take you seriously because you are a girl. These guys had to understand that you are just as tough as them, and you have to take them on.

Movies cater to what the audiences want.

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.'

I did ballet, piano and all that - my brother did martial arts, my passion.

I believe all of us want to do good for our country.

I don't plan to go out and do action or not do action.

When you're a teenager, you could do a lot more crazy things, and your body recovers faster.

Jackie Chan is like a big bro to me.

I love my martial arts and action movies. They give another dimension to the acting world: the emotional plus the physical.

In many ways, I feel I'm still as physically fit as I was 20 years ago because I've always been athletic.

When someone acknowledges you for something that they think about you, it's a huge compliment.

Unfortunately, many parents reject helmets for their kids out of a mistaken perception that helmets are unsafe for children.

Today, tomorrow and every day, we will see at least 2,000 young children killed or seriously injured on the world's roads. This is unacceptable, preventable, and we have to stop it. We have the vaccines for this disease: helmets, seatbelts, speed enforcement, safe road design. We just need to use them.

Every time I choose to do a movie, I make the decision because of what I think I can learn from it.

Playing a sinner is very liberating!

In Europe and America, you never see a director pick up a camera. They all sit behind monitors.

When you face up to bad things in the past, the most important thing is not to allow them to happen today or in the future, and as storytellers, we must play our part in that.

With an award like the Asian Film Awards, we've sent a message saying that 'Asian Cinema is here, it matters, and more importantly, we are all part of the same fraternity!' The AFA is truly, then, an award for Asia, by Asia.

I have very supportive parents who said, 'Go and do what you want to do. Home is always here for you, and if you don't like it out there, come back. You can always do something different.' So when you have an option like that, you are able to choose roles or choose the things you want to be in.

If you were ever a ballerina, you know the pain: just to be able to look like it's all so light, but when they take off their shoes, it's all bloody.

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.

'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.

As an actor, you are always looking for roles that will challenge you, and when I came upon Aung San Suu Kyi, it wasn't just about that but also about stepping into the shoes of someone who means so much to millions of people.

I think that learning Burmese has to have been one of the most challenging things that I have had to do for a movie.

I had an amazing teacher, who was Burmese, and she was living in Paris at the time, and she is one of very few who doesn't actually receive a credit in the film because she still has family over there.