I was so lucky that I didn't have to audition. It's just such a grueling process, in itself.

When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad.

You can't just do cheap CGI and think that's going to work. It doesn't.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

With global warming, I'm never going to time-travel. It's probably going to cause some major emission problems.

Girls know when they're attractive.

I think maybe one day I'll go back to music. I don't know. I don't know if sometimes you lose a passion or you don't lose it, it becomes more personal and less about sharing it with everyone.

My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot.

To me a great sci-fi movie has elements of horror and suspense.

I've always been into sports and being physical.

I enjoy eating and have no issues with eating. I am not going to be one of those girls who have to watch her weight.

The rhythm of solitude, once so intimidating, began to feel comfortable. Aloneness, I was learning, does not have to equal loneliness.

Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.

I had a dream about you last night. In this dream we were walking down the beautiful Japanese streets of Florida. Fukuoka is nice in the summer.

We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.

God is God, He is not tame and domesticated like we sometimes (try to) make Him.

Every day you waste is one you can never make up.

Social engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation.

How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?

Europeans have quarrelled since the beginning of time.

Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.