The Crazy Rich Asians star also praised mothers as “the real superheroes” of the world.
She said: “Mums are the real superheroes. They carry the weight of the world on their shoulders every day. So many women do that. They march on steadfastly, but nobody ever gives them the superhero cape.”
Yeoh also revealed one of the wisest pieces of advice she ever received came from her father Yeoh Kian-teik, who passed away in 2014.
She said: “At Chinese New Year, you wish each other bountiful, mega things. That’s the tradition. ‘All your dreams will come true,’ and all that.
“And, one year, he said to me, ‘I wish you enough.’ At the time I didn’t understand that. ‘What do you mean, enough?’
“But when I thought about it, he was saying that regardless of how you think you aren’t living up to expectations, you’re always enough. In any universe.”