I like to say, Chop sueys the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another, because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means tsap sui, which, if you translate back, means odds and ends.

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.

If you don't want the nickname, don't live up to it.

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

I think if you create well balanced characters that are well represented, boys and girls relate to them whether they're boys or girls.

I'm aware of what I am, but I focus so much on myself as a musician and as an artist that I don't even notice that I'm the only female on a festival bill. I'm just like "oh I'm playing this festival."I haven't been very deeply involved in this greater outreach because my approach to equality is integration. I'm not into separatism, or an all-female festival. It's good and empowering but it doesn't allow for the bigger picture to get accomplished. We all need to be at the same festival - that's always been my approach.

If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine.