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Maggie Q, born Margaret Quan, is a renowned American actress. Born on May 22, 1979, she is known for her outstanding performances in films and television series. Maggie Q has a large fan base in both Asia and the West and has a place in Hollywood with her unique charm and acting skills.

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“As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.”

Thinking Helping Journey Creatures Complexes Just Being Being A Woman

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“Here's my goal: I want to make a seriously dark show, and not on a network that has ever done that.”

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“I like PETA as a group for many reasons, but one of the reasons that I admire them is that they say and do the things that other groups won't do.”

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“I love shooting guns. Not at people or animals, but I love shooting blanks!”

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“I weirdly feel very natural, in the physicality that comes my way, whether it's guns, cars or whatever. For some reason, it's second nature to me.”

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“I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.”

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“I'm not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies with vampires in them.”

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“I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!”

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“My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.”

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“The 1970s 'Wonder Woman' was sort of a kitsch thing. It was a very specific time for that, and it's hard to modernize something like that.”

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“The student will try to defy the master. Always.”

Trying Students Masters

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“You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim.”

Should Looks Action Film Abuse Victim Action Films

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“Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don't think because it's an hour of your Thursday night rather than an hour and a half of your weekend that you should be gypped at all in quality.”

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“I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I want to do is sleep and get ready for the next day. It's awesome.”

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“I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you.”

Thinking Men Matter Challenges Audience Successful Television Like You Female Relate Being Successful

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“I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.”

Want Looks Body Strong Healthy Work Out Maxims Bikinis

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“I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.”

Thinking Littles Enjoy Technology Gone Nice Mystery Preserves Privacy

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“I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.”

Helping Moving Strong Dog Comfort Bones My Dog Jars Sofas Cupboards

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“The CW is a very fashion-oriented network and they like their stars to look a certain way. I like that, but at the same time, I need Nikita to be toned down a bit. You can't draw too much attention to Nikita because she's an assassin.”

Way Needs Looks Certain Stars Bits Attention Too Much Fashion Draws Assassins

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“I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.”

Kids Action Stuff Challenges Athlete Champion Runners Swimmer

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“There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values.”

Should Firsts Facts Values Missing Vegan

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“There is nothing cooler than having lines like, 'Batman, the fate of the world is upon us.' Who gets to say that? And who gets to say that in a deep, earnest, amazingly sexy way?”

World Way Lines Fate Sexy Earnest

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“When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.”

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“My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?” What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.”

Trying I Can Dream Promise Managers Maggie Promise Me Letterman

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“When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's so hard to deal with and sometimes the gap starts to happen.”

People Sometimes Hard Happens Deals Circumstances Tragic Gaps No Love

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“People always ask how there are female priests, but in this world there are.”

People World Asks This World Female Priests

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“I'm half Asian, so people immediately go, "Oh, you do kung fu," like that's what we do. We wake up, we do kung fu, we brush our teeth. It's just assumed that you're not working your ass off to make this believable and make this something great, and we absolutely are.”

People Half Wake Up Teeth Ass Brushes Asian Believable Kung Fu

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“Every action project you take, whether it be a movie or TV series, is always different and a lot of people don't really know how big a difference it is. It's a different style of fighting, a different tempo and all of that.”

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“I like the physical challenge. It's fun for me.”

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“When I started in film, I was living and working in Asia, and when we did films there, it was so fast. It was much like TV.”

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“You're not going to see me in a bikini again, that's for sure. I was horrified to wear that. I was mortified. I was like, "Danny, can you put me in a one-piece?," and he gave me that red bikini. I was like, "That's not a one-piece. That's a two-piece with a string."”

Two Pieces Red Strings One Piece Bikinis

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“I've gotten to that point where I'm so used to being sweaty, wearing pants, and sitting like a guy in boots. When I'm dressed up and people are touching me up and doing the whole thing, I'm less comfortable with that.”

People Whole Used Guy Comfortable Sitting Touching Pants Boots Dressed Up

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“I like to wear less make-up and be tougher. The primp stuff is exciting for people, but it's less exciting for me. It's definitely fun, but I like low maintenance.”

People Fun Stuff Lows Exciting Maintenance

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“I was basically a broke student, and I moved to Asia and was making some money to go back to school. One thing led to another, and I was supposed to stay two months, but it ended up being eight years. It was the best mistake I ever made.”

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“I'd left Hawaii twice in my life, so I'd been on an island my whole life. I had no clue. I didn't know how to live in a city.”

Knows Whole Left Cities Know How Whole Life Islands Clue Hawaii

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“I went back to China and did a movie in Mandarin, and I don't speak Mandarin, so I learned it phonetically. Now, when I'm on set and somebody gives me English lines, I'm like, "Are you kidding? What's happening? This is amazing!"”

Giving Speak Lines Happenings Give Me China

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“I love film, very, very much, and I always want to go back to it.”

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“Obviously, you have to be lucky enough for people to want you to be in films, but that is the plan, definitely.”

People Want Enough Film Plans Lucky

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“When I was young, I remember having a particular pain about injustice. Suffering hurt me.”

Pain Remember Young Suffering Hurt Particular Injustice Hurt Me

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“What could be more unjust than hurting an animal or a child? When you've been gifted dominion over something, that responsibility is real.”

Children Real Hurt Animal Responsibility Gifted Unjust Dominion

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“I know young people are all going to have different passions, but I would say that if you happen to have a heart for animals, never forget that without your voice, there is no channel for them.”

People Ifs Knows Heart Different Happens Young Passion Voice Forget Animal Never Forget

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“We've all, at some point in our lives, been in a position where we have felt powerless.”

Felt Our Lives Position Powerless

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“Our life on earth cannot sustain without healthy oceans - and because of that, the beings who inhabit and allow that eco system to work need our help. Let's start with our wonderment, and go from there. Allow that, and it becomes easy.”

Needs Helping Earth Easy Our Lives Healthy Ocean Eco

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“J.J. Abrams is a director with no ego. He is a director who has a very consistent attitude when he's at work. He's funny, he's brilliant, he's a combination of all these really great things. J.J. is the kind of person who sees the bigger picture before anybody else does. It sounds simple but not all directors do that.”

Kind Simple Attitude Ego Brilliant Great Things Consistent Really Great Bigger Picture

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“The United Nations four or five years ago put out a study that said the meat industry, meat-eating, growing meat for food is the No. 1 killer of our planet - not No. 2 or No. 3: No 1. You know what’s No. 2? Transportation. Everyone thinks that No. 1 is transportation, and goes out and buys a hybrid car. Screw the hybrid cars. Don’t eat hamburgers.”

“Facebook? I have no clue about it. MySpace, none of that. I'm the worst.”

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“Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.”

Want Girl Fighting Wonder Offers Asian

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“I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.”

People Knows Hurt Know How Boxes

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“We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt.”

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“Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children’s children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.”

Children Choices Responsibility Our Children Determine Our Choices

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About the Author

Born: May 22, 1979
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 52

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