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

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

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.

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.

I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are too busy being a diva or a freak, then you are not enjoying it.

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

You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.