Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet.

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have...

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have...

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from...

The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from...

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.

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...

How I was raised is what I am today.

How I was raised is what I am today.

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...

There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I...

There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I...

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.