Michelle Yeoh

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

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.

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.

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.

I always thought of myself as James Bond.

Martial arts is just practice. Being a geisha requires complete control.

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

As an actor, you can't just imitate someone. You have to get under her skin.

I want to be there for all those who are left behind in this world, whether it's because they are born poor, born a woman, or born in an area affected by devastation.

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.

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.

Jackie Chan is like a big bro to me.