I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.

Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.

I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.

My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.