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

It's the sacrifice I'm not willing to make right now to leave my children because I felt it wasn't only my choice.

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.

In order to dance professionally, you have to start at a young age. No matter what, your muscle structure and your bones have to be groomed from a very young age. Nobody wakes up at 17 and decides to become a ballet dancer. I'm saying that and someone's going to be born tomorrow who decides to do that and I'm going to have my foot in my mouth.

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

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

There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. I was doing my mother.