As producers, we can influence where the budget goes, but only the director really controls what tone, what type of movie you are trying to make.
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When you're a teenager, you could do a lot more crazy things, and your body recovers faster.
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I grew up in Malaysia, and Bollywood is really big there. As a result, I've grown up watching a lot of Hindi movies.
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To be a geisha, you have to have to an iron-clad layer around you - around your physical body and your heart.
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I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as well. 'Memoirs of a Geisha' was not so much about physical exertion... it was much more graceful and contained than that.
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I always thought of myself as James Bond.
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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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When you love someone, you don't try to change them.
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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.