Michelle Yeoh

Actress

1962-08-06

Quotes by Michelle Yeoh

• For me, the director is the most important thing. He is steering the boat. If you don't trust him, you won't be able to give him your all.

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• When you face up to bad things in the past, the most important thing is not to allow them to happen today or in the future, and as storytellers, we must play our part in that.

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• I have done many films across the globe and would love to be a part of Bollywood, but the script must have a strong character for me.

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• It was like baptism by fire. There was no school for studying acting. You just have to take it upon yourself to learn from your peers. It's about opening your eyes, listening, and watching.

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• It's all choreographed; it's a routine. So I told everyone I really wanted to try fighting in action films. I had no stunt experience, but I had the dance background, and I was very agile and coordinated. And the best thing about being a newcomer to acting is you can afford to try new things.

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• Some of the martial arts films, the motivation is about martial arts. That's where it's coming from. It is a visual, commercial film, to showcase the next stunt, the biggest thing. And character development becomes a side thing.

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• Beauty shouldn't be superficial and should come from within, and your eyes will tell the story.

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• In one take, I had to do 24 combat sequences, which is hard. It makes you think, 'I'd better get on my toes again.'

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• Why do we have 'Transformers 5 or 6?' Because young kids will go and see it four or five times.

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• It can only be true love when you enable your other half to be better, to be the person they're destined to be.

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

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• I gravitate towards roles where women find strength in very difficult, uncompromising situations but maintain clarity in mind, discipline at heart, and a certain strength in spirit.

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• Unfortunately, many parents reject helmets for their kids out of a mistaken perception that helmets are unsafe for children.

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• Today, tomorrow and every day, we will see at least 2,000 young children killed or seriously injured on the world's roads. This is unacceptable, preventable, and we have to stop it. We have the vaccines for this disease: helmets, seatbelts, speed enforcement, safe road design. We just need to use them.

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• If you read a lot of Chinese literature, there has always been very strong women figures - warriors, swordswomen - who defended honor and loyalty with the men. So, it's not new to our culture - it's always been very much a part of it. It's good that now the Western audience would have a different image of the Chinese women.

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