The neck is kind of what's sexy in Japan, so you have to have the kimono a little bit back. It was just a whole different way of appealing to what was sexy.

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

Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.

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.

I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about.

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

I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing hulk.