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.

The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.

All the really pretty girls get pregnant.

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

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

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'