I learned that money's not happiness. The more famous I am and the more money I make, the closer I stay to my family and friends that I've known since junior high school. True happiness to me is the connection with fellow human beings I've known for a long time.

When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you'll just stay put.

Us Asians look like we're twenty until we're fifty. Once we're fifty, we look like Yoda.

Money comes and goes. I'm thankful I have money. I'm trying to save up more. I would like more money. But it's not happiness. If you're a millionaire and hate your family, hate your friends and your life, then what is the point? You're just a person with a lot of money and power who is not happy.

I was doing gigs to stay alive. I worked two or three jobs at a time, there were times when I stayed up for 36 hours straight. I slept in shopping mall parking lots. A stand-up gig paid $35; then I could eat for another few days until the next gig. Literally, I was performing to live.

We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.

It's a constant battle between what your heart tells you, and what your brain tells you.