To us, it never seemed like, 'Oh my gosh, it's all-Asian, what are we going to do?,' even though obviously it's a practical thought that eventually you face.

Obviously, when you make a bigger-budget movie, the more well-known the faces are, the happier the financiers are.

Some Japanese actresses didn't even want to audition, because they couldn't speak English and were too afraid to try to take it on.

Three of us went and watched Nancy run through her programs twice. I would suggest three international judges and an athlete monitor Michelle.

In the beginning, I felt that he really, seriously meant to take care of us ... and we'd live on happily there.

The intensity of their lobbying is incredible. Every time one of us would talk to one of the legislators, three lobbyists from the other side would just pounce. There were periods where I couldn't walk around the capital without them following me.