Chiaki Kuriyama Quotations

I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.

I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.

I've been playing these schoolgirl roles in all my movies. Every time I went to the set, it felt like I was going to school.

Japan is very much a TV-centered entertainment industry. So, when you talk about big stars in Japan, generally they are people who are on television. I work mostly in movies.

Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.

I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that.

My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who's strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think.

A movie of mine is going to be released in Japan next year. I play a waitress who's a really regular girl in this movie. The English title isn't decided yet, but in Japanese it's I'll Get on the A Train Sometime.

I've only been to America twice actually. The three months training period last year before the movie, and this present trip for the premiere.

Obviously, the difference between a game and actual training is you're using your whole body, so in that sense, maybe not, although maybe something to do with reaction, the speed of reaction, maybe that was of use during the training.