Working on 'Fresh Off the Boat' has been really enlightening to me because it's made me actually think about the roles that Asians and Asian-American women have played in media. Not because I didn't think it was important before, but because before, I was really focused on just paying my rent.

If you never, or rarely, see your experience depicted in art or pop culture then you can begin to feel isolated or separate; Othered. So, representation is super important.

I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

I was not creating icons when I wrote the 'The X-Men' and the 'The New Mutants.' I was creating people.

The problem for all women is we're identified by how we look instead of by our heads and our hearts.

I don't want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.

I know very well the difference between my image and who I am.

I embrace the imperfections and celebrate them.

I'm not a classically beautiful person, but hopefully it increases my longevity as an actress that my career isn't dependent on my great, great good looks.

I find all men to be very much like wearing high-heeled shoes - I love how pretty they make me feel, but by the end of the night I can't wait to get rid of them .. Thelma Rae Goodpepper in Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Though Mrs. Fontaine smiled, I couldn't help but wonder if she'd sized me up and found me lacking.

My selection process is based on "three Cs": first character, then competence, and finally chemistry with me and with the rest of the team. Character. Competence. Chemistry.