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.

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.

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

That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.