Now she has regained her former attractiveness, but Yang expressed hope that people would notice other things about her besides her figure.
然而她卻希望觀眾注意的不僅是她的身材而已；事實上，她的演技也獲得大眾的肯定。在「我」片中，楊惠姍從廿八歲演到五十四歲，把一個溫柔、堅強的中國傳統婦女詮釋得十分細膩，且層次分明。在揭曉前她的呼聲一直最高。