I Would Say It's Like A Meditative

I Grew Up In Honolulu. It's Not The Ballet Cultural Mecca By Any Stretch Of The Imagination. People Are Much More Familiar With Hula Than They Are With Ballet.

I Remember Watching Swan Lake And Everybody Looking Exactly The Same, But Being Able To Relate Because They Were The Only Company I Had Ever Seen Even On Video That Had Asian Dancers. The Asian Community In Hawaii Is Actually Almost As Dominant As The Caucasian Community. I Thought "i Can Relate To That Company Because They Look Like People That I See Every Day." They Weren't All Little Stick-thin Russian Ballerinas.

For The Past Few Years, I Was The More Visible Asian Performer, And I Think It Gave Young Girls A Kind Of Role Model Showing It's Possible To Actually Reach Success Doing Movies.

I Enjoy Going Back To Work Now Because Cinema Is Going Through An Exciting Period Because Young People Are Now Going Back To The Movie Theaters. But Things Are Different Though.

It's The Sacrifice I'm Not Willing To Make Right Now To Leave My Children Because I Felt It Wasn't Only My Choice.