I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

Since my mom is the President of Ballet Hawaii, I'm always in touch with stuff going on.

There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. I was doing my mother.

In my life I do look up to actors, at my age I ask myself, who else is playing interesting parts at my age which is very difficult for a female actor. On top of it, being a minority, having come from China makes it harder.

It's the sacrifice I'm not willing to make right now to leave my children because I felt it wasn't only my choice.

I went to the International Ballet competition when I was 15 or 16 and that was the first time I competed. I didn't get very far but it was the first time that I realized what I needed to do to become a dancer. I realized how hard it was.

There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain other ways will make other people happy. But if you go in because there's money in there, you're bound to fail, bound to fail!