I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about it.

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.

Omitting sacrifice will gain you nothing...He is the striver, who sacrifices delight, ail, sympathy and slumber, and at the terminalStriver is the WINNER.

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws.

I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women.

You end up taking your sugar with your salt and your kicks with your kisses.

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The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me.

We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.

The problem is, women have stopped setting the bar high.

No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.