“Sometimes punching a bag for half an hour was pretty cathartic and pre...” — Esme Creed-Miles Quote

“Sometimes punching a bag for half an hour was pretty cathartic and pretty necessary.”

“I had to learn martial arts.”

“I thought 'Hanna' was an opportunity to explore a character whose femininity was so raw and unconditioned by the modern world.”

“It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it's not so much a symbol of the thing, but you're trying to do the thing itself.”

“North American companies tend to shy away from black female dancers who are darker than a brown paper bag.”

“Gunther and I always shared the work. Each of us carried his own sleeping bag and tent, and porters carried the rest, until the highest camp, when we were on our own. Nobody helped us up there.”