“I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didnt really like the violin. I was only doing it because I could, and I was good at it, and everyone was encouraging me. But I didnt have a great love for it.”

As an actor, I have casting issues. I’m a minority. I don’t have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I’m not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.

I remain on SVU because it is an incredible opportunity.

Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they’re opposed to it.

Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries to control what I’m doing.

I’ve always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there’s a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.

If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.

I’m a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don’t really read it because it’s just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn’t really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether its a man or a woman.

I think when you find depression and sadness and hopelessness, Many times it’s connected to certain food and access to quality and nutrition.

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice.

I’ve developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.

If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.

Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature.

And if it means you’re getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that’s what you’ll do.