 I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing hulk. |
| Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on. |
| Japanimation is a whole different art form. |
| Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me. |
| You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward. |
| 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. |
| I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about. |
| 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. |
| It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically. |
| Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend. |
| You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing. |
| I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts. |
| 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. |
| They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately. |
| 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. |
