I had never been in a supermarket before coming to America. At home, my parents wouldn't let me open the refrigerator, because they worried I'd damage the door by opening it too many times.

I grew up in a little funny town called Xuzhou, in the countryside, very poor. We didn't have hot water. We were four children: three girls and a boy.

I'm loyal, and I like my friends. Friendship enriches your life and makes it more interesting.

My children speak very good Chinese, and they translate for our American friends.

I grew up quite poor, and the Mormon church was always there for us as a family.

I've done hip-hop videos, family comedies, a quirky comedy.

We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister and me - followed a year later.

I have a really big family, and pretty much all my work is about my brothers and sisters. I'm the youngest of eight - my mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later - so I was basically raised by all these teenagers.