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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.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.

I must stick with Chinese language films.

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.

It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.