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.

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

Playing a sinner is very liberating!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Jackie Chan is like a big bro to me.

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

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

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

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

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.'

Movies cater to what the audiences want.

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.

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.

Acting is not just impersonating your character.

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

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

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.

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

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