America And China Need To Understand Each

I Will Always Have A Career. I Believe In Working. I Don't Believe That Taking Care Of Your House And Children Is Enough For A Woman. You Don't Feel Complete.

I Went To The International Ballet Competition When I Was 15 Or 16 And That Was The First Time I Competed. I Didn't Get Very Far But It Was The First Time That I Realized What I Needed To Do To Become A Dancer. I Realized How Hard It Was.

It's The Sacrifice I'm Not Willing To Make Right Now To Leave My Children Because I Felt It Wasn't Only My Choice.

It's A Very Obsessive Profession That You Need To Stay Obsessed To Get Anywhere, And It's Very Easy For Us To Get Obsessed And Then Nothing Else Matters. I Was Reading Somerset Maugham's Novella, Moon And Sixpense, About This Artist Based On Gauguin's Life. It Was So Beautifully Written. You Must Be First Rate Because Second Rate You Might Not Survive. If You're An Accountant, You'll Survive Second Rate. If You Chance It Big, You May Not Get Anywhere.

I Remember Watching Swan Lake And Everybody Looking Exactly The Same, But Being Able To Relate Because They Were The Only Company I Had Ever Seen Even On Video That Had Asian Dancers. The Asian Community In Hawaii Is Actually Almost As Dominant As The Caucasian Community. I Thought "i Can Relate To That Company Because They Look Like People That I See Every Day." They Weren't All Little Stick-thin Russian Ballerinas.