I'm always like, "Maybe I can drive the car. I can still fly the plane!"

I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.

Both my parents are chefs I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.

Mom takes all the credit for my success. Now Mom says, 'I read your face when you were a baby, and it said you were going to be a star. That's why I named you Ming - because it's all about the sun and the stars and enlightenment.'

I love doing TV. It's so great for my world as a mom, as someone who likes to have a steady job and go to work feeling secure because I'm with a family.

People who have had family members killed are able to forgive the murderer because that's the only way they can move on.

I was a total sci-fi geek. Star Wars was my ultimate favorite.