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"There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing."
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"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."
"I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other."
"I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that."
"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."
"My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time."
"If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down."
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"Awards are so unnecessary, because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself."
"When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be."
"I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer!"
"Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance."
"My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen."
"I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred."
"I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing."
"I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right."
"The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you."
"There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life?. We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given."
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