With me and Portland, it wasn't moving anywhere. I wasn't given a bigger role as I played more and more with the club. I felt I could have been utilized in a bigger way.
I like to think Portland and L.A. are not rivals; they're cousins. As cities on the West Coast, they're distinct in their own way but still culturally similar.
A lot of the time, the way it's portrayed is that I only see women in a sexual way. But I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot.
I was frustrated in general with the way women are always portrayed. And it's always through a man's eyes.
Every time I do something, I think, 'Am I portraying Asian people in the way I want to be portrayed?'
It's not me trying to act or pose in a certain way. It's a lifestyle - like a suaveness or a swag, per se.
If you look at my carpet photos, I'm doing the exact same pose all the way down the carpet - like, I literally shuffle in that pose.
If your aim is to attack the United States, it is hard to imagine a more difficult way of getting here than by posing as a refugee.
I will have my publicist pull pictures of the way I look at events so I can see, 'Oh, that cut is not as flattering as I thought,' or 'I should smile bigger,' or 'That positioning is odd.' I learn from it.
The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
I'm the kind of person who doesn't really focus on more negativity. I'm a positive person, and I look at things in a positive way.
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
I'm not the 'chosen one.' I'm just one of many who have been given gifts. I can write. I can bloviate on TV. So I'm trying to use the gifts in a positive way. And I believe that's all directed. And that's why I'm here on the planet.
Obviously social media has had a massive impact on the fame game, but not in a positive way. But it can be for some.
Even if things are not going well for you... just stay in the positive way of thinking.
We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.
I really love the combination of Israel and England. They are completely different. The British are very private and keep things to themselves, while Israelis aren't that way. In England, I couldn't make friends with people in the supermarket or people who work at my bank or post office, but in Israel I can, and I like that.
I cannot state enough how important post-production is for the success of a horror movie. You bring so much to it with the way you edit it, the way it is sound-designed, and the way the music works with it.
To people like me, educated in post-war Britain, free speech has been a firm premise of the British way of life.
