I try to believe like I believed when I was five...when your heart tells you everything you need to know.
Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person.
Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.
I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing hulk.
I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about.
I try to distinguish my characters from each other.
I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts.
I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me.
If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.
When you have something that close to you, you want to make sure that you're aware of it.
When I was shooting a movie in Montreal, it was freezing. If you take a little bit of Aquaphor and dab it on your face, it keeps your skin looking fresh. I dubbed it Aqua For Everything.
There's always sacrifices. My family don't generally say that they're related to me - my sister doesn't say she's my sister - because they don' t want to be judged or lauded based on who I am.
The wonderful thing about film is that you have something that has a beginning, middle, and end, and you have a concrete amount of time to shoot it.
The lack of predictability with television is something that's constantly changing what your perception of who you think your character is.
Ten years of Pilates has really changed my body for the better.
Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.
Producing is like pushing jello up a hill on a hot day.
Pilates introduced me to muscles I never even knew I had. Soon I started to feel longer and leaner. Ten years of Pilates has really changed my body for the better.
Martial arts are art forms and require a great deal of discipline and dedication. I so admire people who focus their lives on it, because it's not an easy thing to do.
Making a request without revealing the feeling/need takes all the joy out of other's service.
It's great to do commercial movies; they are fun. You're doing stunts, you are running around, there is a lot of money involved in the production; there are incredible sets and designs.
I think diversity is very key to anybody's resume, and also for your mental well-being.
I love children. I work with UNICEF and one of the reasons I love that is because they deal specifically with children. For me I think it's just really important to always embrace that side of you.
I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are too busy being a diva or a freak, then you are not enjoying it.
A lot of people die giving birth to their children who have AIDS and HIV and a lot of people don't survive after a time because they've been sick too.
You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment.
You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.
You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.
Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.
Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught.
