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

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" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Japanimation is a whole different art form. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I try to distinguish my characters from each other. "

" 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. "

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

Looking Forward

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