Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.

What could be more unjust than hurting an animal or a child? When you've been gifted dominion over something, that responsibility is real.

I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.

We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt.

Sometimes you're famous before you're good.

When I started in film, I was living and working in Asia, and when we did films there, it was so fast. It was much like TV.

Every action project you take, whether it be a movie or TV series, is always different and a lot of people don't really know how big a difference it is. It's a different style of fighting, a different tempo and all of that.