America and China need to understand each other.

Historically and culturally the Mongol women were very strong, they contributed as much as the men to their society, their community. Other than upper body strength, I think they were equal to the men. To compensate for the lesser upper body strength they had to be smarter, they had to think more, they had to consider things more carefully.

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.

I remember watching Swan Lake and everybody looking exactly the same, but being able to relate because they were the only company I had ever seen even on video that had Asian dancers. The Asian community in Hawaii is actually almost as dominant as the Caucasian community. I thought "I can relate to that company because they look like people that I see every day." They weren't all little stick-thin Russian ballerinas.

If you have the right costumes you feel more confident as the character, they really help you act.

I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about it.

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.