The beginning of my career was so brilliant. It wasn't until ten years later that I went, 'Oh, that was a big, fat fluke and, boy, was I ever lucky.

I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do.

I don't get jobs in films by auditioning. I'm not blonde. You can't place me in movies the way you can with certain actors. It's very difficult for my agents.

I can get a better role in TV and work more constantly than I can waiting around for my friends in Canada to call me every four years - which they do - and I go up there and play a leading role.

In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know.

Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go.

Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.

Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church.

With small breasts, you don't have to wear a bra with dresses that have some support. It feels sexy without one.

I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.

I was lucky on 'Arli$$.' I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that.

And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food.