▁her ▁delivery , ▁writing ▁that ▁" K wan ' s ▁faint ▁Asian ▁acc ent ▁and ▁careful ▁pron unci ation ▁of ▁Vietnam ese ▁words ▁make ▁H ays lip ' s ▁we aving ▁of ▁her ▁past ▁and ▁present ▁lives ▁a ▁riv eting ▁experience ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁K wan ▁played ▁G uss ie ▁Yang , ▁a ▁" t ough - t alk ing , ▁soft - heart ed ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁restaur ateur ", ▁in ▁the ▁fict ional ▁Dragon : ▁The ▁Bruce ▁Lee ▁Story . ▁She ▁played ▁a ▁p iv otal ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁a ▁character ▁based ▁on ▁Seattle ▁restaur ateur ▁and ▁political ▁leader ▁Ruby ▁Ch ow ▁who ▁h ires ▁Bruce ▁Lee ▁as ▁a ▁d ish w ash er ▁and ▁gives ▁him ▁the ▁funds ▁to ▁open ▁a ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁school . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁she ▁completed ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁a ▁film ▁about ▁E uras ians , ▁Lo ose ▁Woman ▁With ▁No ▁Face , ▁which ▁she ▁wrote , ▁directed , ▁and ▁star red . ▁She ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁" a ▁slice ▁of ▁life ▁about ▁Euro - A si ans ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁and ▁it ' s ▁something ▁I ▁know ▁about ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁K wan ▁was ▁asked ▁about ▁whether ▁she ▁was ▁confront ed ▁with ▁rac ism ▁as ▁a ▁leading ▁Asian ▁Hollywood ▁actress ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁K wan ▁replied , ▁" That ▁was ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁ago ▁and ▁( pre