Go ahead quote me

ACTOR-DIRECTOR JAMES FRANCO
ACTRESS JUDITH LIGHT

I guess it's called a mid-life crisis. I've certainly hit a wall this past year. It's not like I went out and had to buy a Ferrari or anything like that. It was more about reprioritising and figuring out what was meaningful.

ACTOR-DIRECTOR JAMES FRANCO, 39, on why he decided to cut back on acting


There's a solid, different kind of intimacy that comes about out of this and the support for each other and each other's lives. I think people need alone time. I know I'm one of those people that needs that.

ACTRESS JUDITH LIGHT on the benefits of her long-distance marriage with actor Robert Desiderio


It's stunning that not one old song was used. It pulls the audience into that environment with the camera and the language. Usually, audiences will be moved by songs. But Wong Jing was restrained, calm and didn't take a shortcut.

CHINESE BLOGGER AND FILM-MAKER HAN HAN praising the 1960s-set Hong Kong crime biopic Chasing The Dragon

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 17, 2017, with the headline Go ahead quote me. Subscribe