I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.

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.

Express your regrets to the right people and you will be encouraged positively

The church holds the key to revival. It is within our grasp.

Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think.

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.

One of the things I've learned is never to horde ideas, because either they are not so relevant or they've gone stale. Whatever it is, pour it out.

The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.

So I've seen life as one long learning process.

Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation, and marry the story of the truth and everything changes.