If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.

Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.

Usually, when you are an ethnic person or a trans person, in your average, everyday, unsophisticated television show, you are there for that reason. And they clearly justify and overexplain why. You very rarely see a transgender actor playing the part of a grocery-store clerk without having to say, 'Oh, look at that trans person.'

I feel more and more like 'myself' these days. Before becoming a father, I can remember a low-level feeling of somehow not quite being myself.

If I played characters who were like me, I'd be super bored.

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.