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I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese in the films.

I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.

I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.

I've studied Chinese in college, but basically, I'm not bilingual.

I must stick with Chinese language films.

I definitely want to work in Hindi films.

China's cinema has been rising for some time; it has more exposure, so my chances of becoming internationally known are better. But the first thing I have to do is learn English. If I can grasp the language, then perhaps I can think about the U.S.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

Once I became interested in China, I flew to Beijing in 1996 to spend half a year studying Mandarin. The city stunned me.