The Rosewood Hotel Georgia has quite the Hollywood pedigree. John Wayne was a guest, the Beatles were supposed to be (until a hoard of fans chased them away), and Katherine Hepburn's request to dine alone prompted the hotel to start offering room service.

It was at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia that I met Shannon Lee, a woman with quite the Hollywood pedigree herself. She is the daughter of Bruce Lee and executive producer of the bio-pic I Am Bruce Lee, which had its world premier in Vancouver. In the hotel's Lord Stanley Suite (once home to Elvis) we chatted about fitness, philosophy and flowy caftans.

Kelsey Dundon: While we all know the legend of Bruce Lee, we didn't all grow up on Bruce Lee films. What does I Am Bruce Lee hold for those who are new to his work?

Shannon Lee: My father was quite the philosopher and thinker and that track of personal evolution is woven throughout the film. It captures an era and how my father influenced not only his time, but our time as well. If you're not a big martial artist or you're not a big action film person, there is still a lot here because of his philosophy and his perspective on life.

KD: Are martial arts a big part of your fitness routine?

SL: I like to do a lot of things and, actually, my father was similar. He was obviously a martial artist but one of the things he always thought was that a lot of people work toward the attainment of a certain skill, whether that's martial arts or basketball or what have you, but they ignore the preparation of the body for the performance of that skill. He was very much into all different kinds of physical training so that you're in peak form. I like to do a variety of things when I work out -- everything from dancing to running to boxing to swimming.

KD: You have described yourself as the lazy one in your family. How do you find motivation to stay active?

SL: One thing that has been helping me recently, and it's something that I took from my father, actually, is to not get overtaken by how I feel about it. I just decide there's a window of time here, I'm either going to go for a run or I'm not, but I'm not going to make myself suffer emotionally for it. Once you've put on your shoes and you're out the door you always feel better.

KD: You live in Los Angeles, you're working on a Bruce Lee Museum in Seattle and you're holding the premier of I Am Bruce Lee in Vancouver. Do you notice a common thread that ties together the West Coast lifestyle?

SL: There's a certain casualness that seeps into us all on the West Coast. And that sense of ease seeps into our fashion too. My father was an extremely fashion-forward guy. Even though he came from a very tailored background in Hong Kong, when he was in LA he took to wearing the more 70s hippie caftans, flowy garments and open-toed strappy sandals.

I Am Bruce Lee opens in Canadian Cineplex theatres on March 8th. Now playing in select US theatres.