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

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

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

Acting is actually private.

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.

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

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

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

I grew up in Honolulu. It's not the ballet cultural mecca by any stretch of the imagination. People are much more familiar with hula than they are with ballet.

Since age 14, I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

Two things that matter to me. Emotional resonance and rocket launchers.

Sand lines my soul which is filled with the breath of the ocean.

If politics were a musical, it would be "Promises, Promises".

Sometimes being a friend is enough in its own right to inspire someone on to victory.

Our listeners asked us:"What is chaos?"We're answering:"We do not comment on economic policy.

Why does man behave like perfect idiot? This is the problem I wish to deal with.

I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.

It's realizing that a great dream is not as good as a great memory. The dream can be had by anyone. The memory - must be made.

The ideal society has yet to be built - one which balances nicely collective well-being and individual well-being.

I once met a man who said he had visited every exotic place from the Grand Canyon to the Great Wall, but when I questioned him closely I discovered he hadn't seen the songbirds in his own backyard.