With a film, things constantly have to go up in the story, and you're constantly putting pressure on the main character. It allows to go really deep ….

If you don't want the nickname, don't live up to it..

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime..

I'm always open to questions asked, and it will be up to me at that moment to decide if I want to answer or not. I've always been the kind of artist ….

I'm still the person who naively thinks if I can imagine it, I can have it..

I think if you create well balanced characters that are well represented, boys and girls relate to them whether they're boys or girls..

If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine..

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese..

If I learned one thing, it is that self-doubt is one of the most destructive forces. It makes you defensive instead of open, reactive instead of acti….

God gives His toughest battles to His strongest soldiers..

People are funny. They often don't mean to be, and that's what makes it even more endearing..

Within the model minority rhetoric, Asian Americans are represented as “good” minorities and African Americans are represented as “bad” minorities. H….

The philosophy I always have is what's the sentence that would tell me about each shot. If I can't read why the shot's there, what is the story tryin….

I'm aware of what I am, but I focus so much on myself as a musician and as an artist that I don't even notice that I'm the only female on a festival ….

We might be shifting away from a Eurocentric view of the United States into something that's much more multicultural, multinational, and Chinese food….

Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for it..

Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans..

There's a lot of responsibility involved in sharing a very personal story with a lot of people, and it's easier for others not to know about things -….

Loneliness is something we [all people] go through. We go through mourning and longing. We make some bad choices sometimes because we're desperate fo….

Don't lose faith in what you are trying to do, even though you will get pummeled emotionally left and right. There are a lot of "nos" to any "yes." A….

Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire..