I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.

I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.

In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.

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.

I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.

I don't care if you love me or not. I'll love you anyway.

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.

I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.

I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.

Be kind! Give small things with great love.

I don't know.  I don't really like old movies.  The acting is so, 'Hey buddy, ol' pal.  Let's go wear our hats and have a big misunderstanding

Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the mouths of their children?

Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership

O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!

There are some losses we never get over.

Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.

People who laugh so heartily at what they themselves have said, when it is not funny, dispense us accordingly, by taking upon themselves the responsibility for the mirth, from joining in it.

In an artistic and spiritual sense I'm really not that concerned about what happens after the album is done.

Life is simple: Make choices and don't look back.