I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me.
I do fairly represent Middle Eastern women.
There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.
Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.
You need to have extraordinary wisdom to be the forerunner.
You want to see women your own age in films.
I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery.
I have a very broad-minded family. Acting is an art, and we understand that.
The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.
The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.
I think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.'
Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.
I can sleep anywhere. I'm like an infant.
I grew up in the countryside in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo.
Today as an entrepreneur you have more options.
I don't really believe in the auteur theory.
I know guys. I know the way they think.
I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes.