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"Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise."
"Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive."
"Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need to be an artist or storyteller."
"Never go on a date unarmed. Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orphan, of course. The best kings always are."
"A bitter critic is the sweetest corrector."
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"Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice."
"Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing."
"There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain other ways will make other people happy. But if you go in because there's money in there, you're bound to fail, bound to fail!"
"There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. I was doing my mother."
"The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly."
"When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed."
"How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable, and I was more watchable, but I don't think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid."
"I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete."
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