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
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. – Maggie Q
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. – Maggie Q
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. – Maggie Q
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. – Maggie Q
I’m not a vampire movie fan, per se. That’s not to say that I haven’t enjoyed movies with vampires in them. – Maggie Q
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
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? – Maggie Q
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. – Maggie Q
There’s so many issues tied to the meat industry. I mean, social, environmental, humanitarian – all of them. I know that when I’m eating that I’m not hurting the planet, I’m not hurting other people on this planet, I’m not hurting animals… and I’m not hurting nature. – Maggie Q
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. – Maggie Q
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. – Maggie Q
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. – Maggie Q
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
Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children’s children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously. – Maggie Q
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. – Maggie Q
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
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. – Maggie Q
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
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. – Maggie Q
You’re asked, ‘Do you know kung-fu?’ Yeah. That’s what we do. We wake up, we brush our teeth, we do kung-fu! – Maggie Q
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
I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you’re going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what’s left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil – that matters in a real, practical way. – Maggie Q
