When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.

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For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think...

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think...

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with...

How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with...

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't...

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't...

Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to...

Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to...

If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain...

There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain...

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was...

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was...

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of...

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of...

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking...

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking...

I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.

I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.

How I was raised is what I am today.

How I was raised is what I am today.

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation...

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation...

I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out...

I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out...

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an...

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an...

Acting is actually private.

Acting is actually private.

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to...

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to...

I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I...

I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I...