“In 2008 I made an independent feature film, Oh My Soul, which I wrote in English but intended to have performed in Mandarin by Chinese actors, and I had the incredible good fortune of finding Jane Hu through a casting call. Not only did she deliver an absolutely beautiful and touching performance in the film, she assisted me from pre-production through filming and the editing process to translate the dialogue and make suggestions to the writing that would make the text more natural and realistic. During filming she co-directed the scenes in Mandarin, giving the other Chinese actors notes on their performance that I could not because I did not speak the language. Despite having some rather uncomfortable and difficult scenes which took many hours to shoot, she was always interested, engaged and had a wonderful attitude that inspired the rest of the cast and crew. In retrospect, I honestly don't know how I could have made the film without somebody like Jane who was willing to work so hard above and beyond expectations."
