I grew up in Honolulu. It's not the ballet cultural mecca by any stretch of the imagination. People are much more familiar with hula than they are with ballet.

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.

Not very many companies go through Hawaii on their way to anywhere. San Francisco Ballet was the only company I remember, and Bolshoi, coming through Hawaii when I was younger.

I miss directing. I see stories in images and music more so than in dialogue.

I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

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