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.
Even though I've done Hollywood films I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
In China we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time and we know what's underneath the skin.
There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different so special to Japan.
My parents sent me to a dance class so it was a road chosen by them not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.