Quotes from Michelle Yeoh

The Asia and the Pacific region is facing an epidemic of road death and injury, but we also have innovative Asian road safety solutions.

'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.

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

Before you get into the mind, you have to inhabit the physicality. Body language is a great way of speaking.

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

It's very important for us all to understand that we are interconnected and we need to hold hands together, especially when the going gets tough.

I've taken this year to concentrate fully on the promotion of 'The Lady.' This movie has been so meaningful; until we have premiered in every part of the world and encouraged as many people as possible to shine the spotlight on the Burmese people and Daw Suu, I will not have a next project.

I believe that the director is really the soul. It is a collaborative effort, but the director is the one who needs to have that vision. It could be a great script, but it starts from there. You need to have good material, at least, but if you don't have someone with vision, it's just words.

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.

As an actor, you are always looking for roles that will challenge you, and when I came upon Aung San Suu Kyi, it wasn't just about that but also about stepping into the shoes of someone who means so much to millions of people.

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

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.

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.

When I watch myself on-screen, I always look for the flaws.

The first one I did was an action film with Sammo Hung and George Lam, but I had the usual female role for that time: you know, damsel in distress, rescued by the hero.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's so important for me to do my own stunts. The sense of achievement is so immense. But the studios don't want to take the risk.

You never know whether the subject matter will click with the audience at that particular time. I wish there was a formula, you know, 'That plus that equals success.'

My career in the movie business began in Hong Kong, my heart has always been tied to Asia, and it is immensely gratifying to see international recognition for Asian cinema as a whole.

When I made my first film, it was just an adventure. But after my first movie, I guess I got more of a feeling of what was happening around me.

It's very important that I'm approaching a character that I've either not played before, or I can give it a different take.