I try to distinguish my characters from each other.

You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment.

Producing is like pushing jello up a hill on a hot day.

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.

I wish people wouldn't just see me as the Asian girl who beats everyone up, or the Asian girl with no emotion. People see Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock in a romantic comedy, but not me. You add raceto it, and it became, 'Well, she's too Asian', or, ‘She's too American’. I kind of got pushed out of both categories. It's a very strange place to be. You're not Asian enough and then you're not American enough, so it gets really frustrating.

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt

Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.