I've been to Asia, but I'd love to go to Thailand. I'd love to go to some rural areas in China.

I've been to Asia, but I'd love to go to Thailand. I'd love to go to some rural areas in China.

I'm not religious, and I feel that has to do with me being uprooted so many times in my life that I've explored many religions and sentiments from many different families basically across the globe.

I would much rather sit, dimmed by inattention, and study the atmosphere and the silence and dance between people, but often times I’m not offered this privilege. The necessity for isolation, and the striving for popularity is the only contradiction I find in being a writer and an actress.

For me especially, I always need that literature medium.

My mother's only wish was to start a life in America because America was the cradle of every promise and opportunity.

That's the best part about being an actor though. One of the rewarding aspects of it is you're actually traveling in parts of the world that one wouldn't necessarily go to just because it's so far removed, but also like even beyond the metropolitan areas. You're in the woods.