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The Chinese use every spare bit of an animal: cow lungs, pig ears, chicken feet, duck blood.

It's a myth that generally Asians are mostly vegetarians. The Japanese are the kings of red meat, but it's expensive. The Chinese and Vietnamese love their pork. Many Indians, especially the Muslims, can't live without their lamb.

My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home.

I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.

I'm half-Japanese, so I collect toys, like a Yayoi Kusama stuffed pumpkin.

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.

My mom was a rescue veterinarian, and I grew up helping her nurse injured animals back to health. Any deer hit by a car, fox caught in a trap, whatever it was that got hurt, everyone brought them to my mom.

My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever.