The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test.

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

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

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.

How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable, and I was more watchable, but I don't think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid.

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

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