You have to start thinking a little differently as an actor.

I love that synergy between being entertainers and having people respond. There’s no greater reward.

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

I hope Hong Kong and Asia wants to hire American Asian actresses as much as Hollywood has been hiring Chinese actors from Asia.

Being a sci-fi geek, it was just lovely to be on a show where I pretend I'm in outer space. That's always been my dream: to pretend to be out in space or actually be out in space.

I'm like Madonna: I'm Ming-Na. Just my first and middle name. That's it. Pure and simple.