Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person.

You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment.

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

It's so much fun playing her [Ling], but I have this fear that people are going to run away from me in terror on the streets. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something.

Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.

You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.