Not very many companies go through Hawaii on their way to anywhere. San Francisco Ballet was the only company I remember, and Bolshoi, coming through Hawaii when I was younger.

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.

Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image you have of yourself.

A friend to kill time is a friend sublime.

No matter what happens, always be yourself.

If you desire to dig a well to reach water, your efforts are more fruitful if you dig one 100-foot-deep hole than if you dig ten holes each 10 feet deep.

My vision is to elevate the consciousness of humanity one mind, one heart, one life, one spirit at a time. They are married.

I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts.

I didn’t find it difficult to live in the “Inherent Vice” world or play those scenes, because they just seemed so real.

The records made money, but I didn't get none.

Rush out in the rain to be soaked with the sky.

Ill never be as good an actor as I want to be....but I'll be good.