I like the physical challenge. It's fun for me. Maggie Q More Quotes by Maggie Q More Quotes From Maggie Q 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. Maggie Q touching guy people When I was young, I remember having a particular pain about injustice. Suffering hurt me. Maggie Q pain suffering hurt I love film, very, very much, and I always want to go back to it. Maggie Q love-films film want 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!" Maggie Q lines speak giving 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. Maggie Q teeth asian people 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. Maggie Q maintenance fun people 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. Maggie Q asia film tvs 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." Maggie Q red pieces two 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. Maggie Q ego simple attitude 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. Maggie Q meat-industry years thinking Facebook? I have no clue about it. MySpace, none of that. I'm the worst. Maggie Q clue worst Sometimes you're famous before you're good. Maggie Q sometimes 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. Maggie Q peta groups reason I love shooting guns. Not at people or animals, but I love shooting blanks! Maggie Q gun animal people I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher! Maggie Q makeup used My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men. Maggie Q goal shows men It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine. Maggie Q girl shining men 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. Maggie Q weekend night thinking 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. Maggie Q asian girl fighting 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. Maggie Q gaps sometimes people
