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

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.

In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.

For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.

I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me.

Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.

When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better.