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.

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies.

If the costumes are wrong, you feel awful in them and it lessens your acting.

I would say it's like a meditative process, to have everything done for you every morning.

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.

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