It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group.

After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.

I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.

There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent.

I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.