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" When it is real person, especially who means so much to millions of people, you have an obligation, you cannot take liberties, you cannot pretend to know. But we are telling the love story of Michael Aris and his wife, the story of a beautiful, lush country, and the emotions of a mother. "

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" We always see Aung San as a strong, tough woman. There are two stories running in parallel. You see the contradictions between the East and the West, and you see someone who does mundane and normal things - someone who's supposed to be a housewife - and then someone who's become important and imprisoned. "

Michelle Yeoh

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" I thoroughly enjoy a good hot bath. That is my ultimate luxury. "

" 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. "

" If you read a lot of Chinese literature, there has always been very strong women figures - warriors, swordswomen - who defended honor and loyalty with the men. So, it's not new to our culture - it's always been very much a part of it. It's good that now the Western audience would have a different image of the Chinese women. "

" There is so much we can do to save lives on our roads. "

" It's all choreographed; it's a routine. So I told everyone I really wanted to try fighting in action films. I had no stunt experience, but I had the dance background, and I was very agile and coordinated. And the best thing about being a newcomer to acting is you can afford to try new things. "

" The beauty about being a producer is you sit there, and you explore ideas which become a passion, which slowly becomes a reality. "

" When you love someone, you don't try to change them. "

" Today, tomorrow and every day, we will see at least 2,000 young children killed or seriously injured on the world's roads. This is unacceptable, preventable, and we have to stop it. We have the vaccines for this disease: helmets, seatbelts, speed enforcement, safe road design. We just need to use them. "

" Some of the martial arts films, the motivation is about martial arts. That's where it's coming from. It is a visual, commercial film, to showcase the next stunt, the biggest thing. And character development becomes a side thing. "

" On 'Far North,' we were always aware of being at the whim of mother nature. She's the biggest star in the film. "

" It can only be true love when you enable your other half to be better, to be the person they're destined to be. "

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

" Before you get into the mind, you have to inhabit the physicality. Body language is a great way of speaking. "

" Body language is more fascinating to me than actual language. "

" I kick and punch quite hard, and it surprises people. "

" I have people who love me and people that I love and a man that I love. So in that sense, I feel that I'm pretty well rounded. "

" As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience. "

" I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as well. 'Memoirs of a Geisha' was not so much about physical exertion... it was much more graceful and contained than that. "

Michelle Yeoh

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" Beauty shouldn't be superficial and should come from within, and your eyes will tell the story. "

" I always thought of myself as James Bond. "

" My career in the movie business began in Hong Kong, my heart has always been tied to Asia, and it is immensely gratifying to see international recognition for Asian cinema as a whole. "

" I grew up in Malaysia, and Bollywood is really big there. As a result, I've grown up watching a lot of Hindi movies. "

Michelle Yeoh

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" To be a geisha, you have to have to an iron-clad layer around you - around your physical body and your heart. "