Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes.

When your life changes and you become a more public person, in some ways you need to be a more closed person, you know?

I love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew into it. You grow into a lot of things.

I'm not a slave to fashion; I'm into exercising my individuality.

I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.

Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go.

I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do.