I'd left Hawaii twice in my life, so I'd been on an island my whole life. I had no clue. I didn't know how to live in a city.

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

Sometimes you're famous before you're good.

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.

J.J. Abrams is a director with no ego. He is a director who has a very consistent attitude when he's at work. He's funny, he's brilliant, he's a combination of all these really great things. J.J. is the kind of person who sees the bigger picture before anybody else does. It sounds simple but not all directors do that.

I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.

We've all, at some point in our lives, been in a position where we have felt powerless.