I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts.

I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing hulk.

You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment.

Since we didn't use guns, we wanted to make sure we could earn the ability to win the audience over by making it believable. A lot of what you do when you work out in that mode is use your mental energy.

You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.

Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught.

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.

I try to distinguish my characters from each other.

Japanimation is a whole different art form.

It's so much fun playing Ling, but I have this fear that people are going to run away from me in terror on the streets. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something.

I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about.

Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him.

Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it.

I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me.

People use location as a language in films, and Quentin uses action as a language in his films. There's really not a lot of violence. It's more of an emotional beat than it is a physical beat.

Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person.

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.

Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself.

You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.

Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.

I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts.

The neck is kind of what's sexy in Japan, so you have to have the kimono a little bit back. It was just a whole different way of appealing to what was sexy.

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.

Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.

They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately.

Ten years of Pilates has really changed my body for the better.

Working on the samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys were tough. They were leading men, but they were also tough and physical.

Madness is a kind of mental suicide.

I really care about this stuff, I care about movies, and you just have to be strong and don't be stupid; freedom of choice is a big responsibility, and I'm lucky enough not to have to just take any movie to pay the rent, so there's no need to be greedy.

We need to rediscover the essence of the meaning of 'the use.' Architecture is, above all, here for a better living. Every gesture, every shape must be justified by various reasons that would reinforce their reason to be, their use, and will give more sense to their beauty.

I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!

I really started considering myself a writer when I was about seven or eight years old. I wrote stories from my dreams and kept them all in a notebook that I still have.

One of the great things about New York is this wonderful park we have.

Sweat dries, blood clots, bones heal, suck it up princess. This is softball.

A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.

Education: A debt due from present to future generations.

Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest.

I have to choose songs that represent my personality.

No, as an artist, you have to be free to explore all the corners of your heart. There are no boundaries.

Half of figure skating is opinion convincing judges.

The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.

The best thing I can make is a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich.

People come up to me and say, 'Can I just thank you for writing my life?' And I reply, 'I'm glad someone else is as idiotic as I am.'

It's just people should realize that the celebrity aspect of being an actor is very rarely enjoyable for people like me who would always rather go unnoticed and disappear into the crowd.