For the first four years of my studying in the U.S., I couldn't go home for two reasons. One is I was afraid that if I left my student visa may not hold and I wouldn't be able to come back to continue. Second, there was this big outrage in China that I didn't know how to face the public.

I think the idea of embodying the physical presence of a character is the same on stage and screen. There are just different levels of expression to keep in mind for each platform.

Every time I get a script in my inbox, it's like a little Christmas present. It's so exciting to see what they've cooked up.

Acting for screen is very different from acting on stage, and then obviously when you dance... everything is a physical embodiment. But the discipline is the same approach. You have to take both things seriously; nothing well-crafted is by mistake.

The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!

When I first came USA, I didn't feel this was my home. This was where I was studying, and then my home was now rejecting me.

I also have a routine with breathing and visualization techniques that I go through when I feel overwhelmed or nervous.