For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.

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

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.

Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.

I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.

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