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There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

To be a geisha, you have to have to an iron-clad layer around you - around your physical body and your heart.

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.

I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts.

What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? How do you have your hair done?

I don't mind doing action or kung fu, but I'm also really happy to do something dramatic. I'd like to show that a Chinese girl doesn't have to do crazy martial arts to get the part.

Martial arts is something you can learn or pick up and think you could do really well.

Martial arts is like dance. It's so beautiful and what I love about the martial arts mostly is that what it basically says is you take their energy and you redirect it. Then if you need to, use it on them. That whole thing about redirecting energy I love.

Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.