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.

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.

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

How I was raised is what I am today.

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

I enjoy going back to work now because cinema is going through an exciting period because young people are now going back to the movie theaters. But things are different though.

I went to Indiana University for college for a couple of years where I double majored in dance and journalism, and after my sophomore year there, I went to the San Francisco Ballet school for the summer, but then they offered me a scholarship to stay for the year. That's where I danced after the year they offered me a contract with the company.