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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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.

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...

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.

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...

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 is actually private.

Acting is actually private.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

How I was raised is what I am today.

How I was raised is what I am today.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

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...

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...