Since age 14, I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I'll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype.

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

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

I'm more interested in...I'm more of a descendent. I'm more critical. It comes from a different place and nowadays the young people know how to make just light entertainment.

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better (than shooting in Tibet).

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.