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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Specificity is what makes good storytelling, and good storytelling is what makes money, and making money is then what encourages new producers to invest in different stories about Asians.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents did not pay a cent for my education; they didn't give me a car or furniture - I did that 100% on my own. I had to pay back a lot.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still funny because they're just likeable, and you want to see them. Me, though, when you see me trying to be funny, it's like the worst thing in the world. It's needy, it's cloying, it's manipulative - it's bad.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the writing is good, then the writing is already funny. All you have to do is make this funny writing true to the very deepest of your heart, and the fact that you are capable of making this true will be hysterical.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't aspire to just play things that are like me. Whether the accent is Taiwanese or British or Canadian - that is the very craft in which I was trained. It is my absolute privilege and honor to do that.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the networks have always been willing to have ethnic people as the third or fourth lead or the best friend to the white person. But to actually let a black family or an Asian family carry a show, that's something where there hasn't really been a precedent set in terms of a real financial gain.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, I'll be auditioning for the third lead, and there will be Latina actresses, Indian actresses, African American actresses because it will be like, 'Let's check off this box. We have our lead white girl, and we need an ethnic slot.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I could carry a movie or a show, and I'll mess up here and there, and I'll learn from those things.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working on 'Fresh Off the Boat' has been really enlightening to me because it's made me actually think about the roles that Asians and Asian-American women have played in media. Not because I didn't think it was important before, but because before, I was really focused on just paying my rent.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a teenager, I worked at the Gap for a summer folding shirts. That was pretty mindless and soul-sucking.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm constantly paranoid that I'll be unemployed for the rest of my life... and have to go back folding shirts at the Gap, which you know... you gotta do what you gotta do.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was emotional. I wanted to be taken seriously. I was pretty emo. I was reciting Shakespeare monologues when I was 10. I still know the whole 'To be, or not to be...' monologue, because I knew it when I was 10.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
People's passion and desire for authenticity is strong.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Authentic programming that shows the outside world garners authentic interest.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more you know about somebody's back story, the deeper you can delve into that well, and the more your comedic choices resonate full-body instead of just being quick, quippy one-liners that are just like a bunch of people trying to be clever. Because after a while, cleverness is just really obnoxious!
- Elicit
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.
- Newspaper
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a 12-year-old middle-schooler in Richmond, Virginia, my local newspaper published an op-ed that I wrote all by myself.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I passionately support Hillary Clinton for president because she has devoted her life to public service and has been willing to learn and change along the way by listening to the people she serves.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
Listening to an underserved population is how you begin to understand them and serve them better.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family is Chinese-Taiwanese. I'm from Richmond, Virginia. The community in which I grew up was pretty white. The storybooks you got at school featured white children and an animal, or animals, and as you got older, the novels you were assigned were about, like, the problems of white boys and their dogs.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first Asian role model was Michelle Kwan. Her beauty comes from within. She's also really beautiful on the outside. But when I first saw her ice-skate, her performance was so moving and beautiful that she just glowed.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish reporters were more in tune to the difference between the Asian experience and the Asian-American experience. I think often they lump the two together and think that when I talk about Asian-American narratives that they can cite 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' or 'Mulan' as proof of concept when it's a different experience.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad got a job as a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He teaches biology and genetics. My dad has been obsessed with science his whole life. Both my paternal grandparents were illiterate bamboo farmers, so he really worked his way up and then got a Ph.D., full ride and everything, from universities in America.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of pure acting, my role model has always been Philip Seymour Hoffman; I really always loved what he did. I love what Mark Ruffalo does. When I was younger, I liked Cate Blanchett a lot. These are all actors who are given stories and allowed to carry the whole story.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an actor, in and of itself, is just hard. You have to just do it for its own sake.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a naturally social-media inclined person. I still prefer phone calls to texts/emails. I... hate texts.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't fear being outspoken. The only thing I fear is losing my sense of integrity or losing sight of the values on which I guide my life. So I don't think it's particularly brave or unusual for me to speak out.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the expression of and advocating for your values makes you lose a job or a person, then that person/job sorta just... wasn't your heart's tribe.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of times, people think of Asian culture as some mythical world instead of modern people with modern occupations with modern problems, modern tools. Like, we're not all just talking Taoism and kung fu - some people are just trying to get over their breakup with their boyfriend, and they're Facebook-stalking.
- Nov 07, 2020
Make sure your work is never results-oriented. The result is a byproduct of the work, in a way.
- Lifestyle
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm okay with not having a super-secure lifestyle because if you're doing what you like, you don't need stuff to fill any empty holes.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone's going to fail at some point. Even if you choose the steadiest career, you're going to go through that.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one dream I have is to do a musical. I love singing, but most people don't know because I don't sell myself as a musical person. My dream is to play Audrey in 'Little Shop of Horrors' - it would be so interesting to have an Asian Audrey because it's all about achieving the American dream in a sinister, success-driven way.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
At one point, I quit acting for a little bit to study psycholinguistics - somewhat a more practical career. It just didn't feel right.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020