“My main goal as an actor, with my craft or whatever poncy way you want to say it, is to always take the audience with me.”

The most important thing to me is my work, and reaching people through my work.

You can be born with a title, but not respect. You have to earn that.

It’s so important to me. It’s my passion.

I don’t really watch a lot of TV, to be honest. I’m more of a movie girl, or I Netflix stuff.

A bit of a crisis of faith, I suppose.

I want to touch people’s lives, and bring them along with me.

The worst reaction someone can have is, “eh.”

Nobody wants to watch perfect people.

I love it when you like a character, and then she does something you don’t like

Just being an actor is extremely bizarre, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Auditioning is extremely bizarre.

And you hate her for a while – then you love her again.

I’d like to see her have unlikable moments that the audience understands and sympathizes with.

To make them feel for me, or to make them hate me, I want a reaction. I want their emotions.

I did some soul-searching, took a break and decided I was going to live my life only for me.

I had a moment a few years ago where I wasn’t sure if I was acting for myself or because people expected it of me.

When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I’m so happy I did a nice thing.

The public’s not stupid.

Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.

I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.

People look to me to see what the spirit of the Seventies is.

Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.

The ‘well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the ‘well-amused audience’.

You’ve got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking and know what they’ll accept from you.