Has
it been harder or easier to achieve your success because of your
ethnic background?
I
don't feel any burden. I do feel responsible for my own actions
and want people to appreciate what I do. I do know that saying is
true: You can please some of the people all of the time.............."
I can't worry about everyone else, I can do my very personal best
and hope the majortiy agrees with me.
Do
you feel that you have to be a model for the Asian/Asian Pacific
American communities, since you are the first successful Asian Pacific
American female in your profession? Has this been a burden?
No, but I would
really like to! Please keep me updated on events, etc. Most of the
events that I have been to, I have been sought out and aggressively
pursued. This year, I really want to make the time to be more active.
Do
you feel a "connection" with early Asian American film actresses
like Anna
May Wong?
I don't feel
a connection, I feel more Americanized than they seemed on the screen.
If I spoke to them in person, I would be able to answer better.
My industry; fitness and health, is a universal appeal, it opens
alot of doors for me to speak to all races easily.
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