Keiko Agena

I do get a little disheartened when you hear about how many girls get discouraged to not pursue a career in the sciences, and I feel like seeing women that are portrayed in this way - and beyond that, just three dimensional, complicated women - those are always going to be the stories that I gravitate to most.

Independence feels like a luxury, where the reality is that it's hard to survive financially for so many people out there.

I think it's perfectly fine and interesting to have someone get married at a young age and have kids at a young age.

I am really fortunate to have parents who supported my plan to become an actress when I was a little kid. And then there was my grandma. She was the best. She was always there and ready to drive me to all my plays and stuff.

I always felt that just being an actor is difficult. Being an Asian-American actor doesn't make it more difficult. I see it as an opportunity and a chance to help other Asian-American actors coming along.

The strange thing about being an actor is it's almost a little dangerous to invest in an idea. I think once you invest in the idea of where someone is going, then you're not fully open to being able to play the opposite of that if that's what the character is going to do.

On 'Beverly Hills 90210,' I was very young and very nervous.

As an actor, I probably fall into more of the sidekick/best friend/doctor/lawyer category.

I am obsessed with improv.

Being on a successful show is kind of like being a sea turtle. Every year, sea turtles lay hundreds and hundreds of eggs, but only a few manage to survive and mature. It's the same with TV pilots. There are so many great ideas, but for whatever reason only the lucky ones get picked up.

I would love to work on another installment of 'Gilmore Girls.'

That whole experience of filming in Canada was one to remember.