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 take class. I'm always ballet ready. I'm ready to go - got my tights and my shoes.

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.

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.

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.

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