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Fear has disappeared. No more fear. In Asia, it is different. They've discovered again the fear and the psychology of the characters. Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.

I've always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.

It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.

At a certain point in one's career, it's really wonderful when your child turns around and goes, 'Oh my God, Mommy, you have to be in that film. My friends are going to die.'

My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films.

The only thing more intimidating than a huge international film star is your mother-in-law.

I'd seen my dad on stage, and that was fine, but the real excitement was - that was my dad. Even now, when I see his films, he's always my favourite person in the movie.

I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for me, coupled with love, was the greatest gift that anyone's ever given me. And so that's why, even though my husband is not Chinese, I try to raise my own two daughters the same way.