Michelle Yeoh

Sometimes, being a girl away from home - it gets to you.

I thoroughly enjoy a good hot bath. That is my ultimate luxury.

This world belongs to all of us, and all sexes should be able to live in respect and harmony.

I don't like cutting my hair. I did that once, and my mum thought I was a boy.

I'm not a fashion victim, and I don't closely follow trends. I dress the way I feel comfortable because, at the end of the day, you have to be comfortable.

As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience.

Playing Aung San Suu Kyi was a journey in itself. She represents many things for many people and for many reasons. Although I have played many important roles in my life, I can say that this role has been a journey of self-realisation.

We have to make movies where we do not think this is for the American market or this is for the Chinese market. We have to make a good movie that anyone would just want to sit down and watch because love, language, culture transcend everything.

The Lady' is an incredible love story about how a family was cut off from each other, about sacrifice, about the ability to put the needs of million of people before your own.

The beauty about being a producer is you sit there, and you explore ideas which become a passion, which slowly becomes a reality.

When you love someone, you don't try to change them.

When it is real person, especially who means so much to millions of people, you have an obligation, you cannot take liberties, you cannot pretend to know. But we are telling the love story of Michael Aris and his wife, the story of a beautiful, lush country, and the emotions of a mother.