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Asia Kate Dillon
Asia Kate Dillon
American Actor
Born: Nov 15, 1984
Gender Love Me People Think You
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If you don't meet luck halfway with really hard work, luck won't get you all the way there. Asia Kate Dillon
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Labels can be really helpful when we have the autonomy to label ourselves. But when other people label us without our permission, that's when it becomes dangerous. Asia Kate Dillon
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I see reflections of what I love about myself in the love and care I receive from my friends, family, and co-workers who, in turn, allow me to love and care about them. Asia Kate Dillon
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The work that I engage with, whether it's self-generated or collaborative, is uplifting and supporting historically marginalized and disenfranchised people, because when I uplift up those groups, I'm uplifting myself and supporting myself - it works out in that way. Asia Kate Dillon
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Some people's gender identity conforms to the sex they were assigned at birth, and some people's identity doesn't. That realization was certainly very freeing for me - and could be very freeing for other people. Asia Kate Dillon
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Sometimes you have to see the thing to know that it exists. Maybe there's a queer person in a town, but they don't feel comfortable or safe coming out, frankly, and the only representation they feel that they have or connection they have is on television or in a movie, and that's really powerful. Asia Kate Dillon
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What I learned through my research is that the word 'actor,' specifically in reference to those who performed in plays, came about in the late 1500s as a non-gendered word. It applied to all people, regardless of anatomical sex or gender identity. Asia Kate Dillon
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I was assigned female at birth. My gender identify is non-binary. Asia Kate Dillon
Gender Birth Identify Female Assigned
Binaries, whether it's 'man' or 'woman,' or 'black' and 'white,' were created to separate us. So without binary, there is only 'us,' which makes us all equal. Asia Kate Dillon
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What 'Billions' does so brilliantly is they just make it a non-issue. Damien Lewis' character says, 'Those are the pronouns you use? Great, let's get down to business. How can you make me money?' Asia Kate Dillon
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This character I play on 'OITNB' is an antagonist in a Black Lives Matter storyline, but you need antagonists in order to tell those stories. Asia Kate Dillon
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I've been fortunate that the roles I've auditioned for, I auditioned because I felt I was the right actor to play that part. Asia Kate Dillon
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Ithaca is sort of a populated and diverse area. There's a wide spectrum of people living there. In that sense, it was a wonderful place to grow up because it was a microcosm - ultimately, I would learn - of New York City. Asia Kate Dillon
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Dating has never been something I've done. It's never been a part of my life. Asia Kate Dillon
Life My Life Something Dating Never Part Been Done
I find that, often, when I tell people what pronoun I use, I don't get a lot of backlash. I'm really lucky in that respect. Asia Kate Dillon
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Within my immediate creative community, I would say gender is something that I've always been interested in and always talked about. Asia Kate Dillon
Creative Gender Community Immediate Say Would About Something Talked Within Always Been Interested
Creating more characters that represent historically marginalized and historically disenfranchised people in television and film is certainly important. Asia Kate Dillon
People Important Television Characters More Historically Disenfranchised Represent Creating Certainly Film Marginalized
I think we're at a really critical time in terms of art, and I think it's totally possible to have a project that is entertaining but also moving the cultural needle forward. I think it's one of the reasons I'm so grateful to work on 'Billions.' Asia Kate Dillon
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There is a great silver lining to the 45th presidency, which is, it's hard to swallow that he is existing, which gives us the silver lining, which is a great uncovering of the historical disenfranchisement and marginalization of so many people in this country for so long. Asia Kate Dillon
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I've always felt like I'm Asia: I'm the first me and I'm the first Asia that's going to walk into the room, and I'm here to change the game. That's part of who I am. Asia Kate Dillon
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My mother has always rooted for the underdog, so to speak. She has always been in support of uplifting historically marginalized and historically disenfranchised people. Asia Kate Dillon
People Speak Mother Support Underdog She Always Been Historically Uplifting Disenfranchised Rooted Marginalized
I absolutely think it is more acceptable for people who were assigned female at birth to dress in a typically gender non-conforming way. There was a time when people of all genders had long hair and anyone who wanted to wore jewelry - it was more a sign of status than a sign of femininity, per se. Asia Kate Dillon
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I'm very careful with my media intake. I try and monitor it pretty carefully. Asia Kate Dillon
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I wish everyone could just be free. Asia Kate Dillon
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I think that it's important to say that trans people exist, and we are valid, whether we choose to transition or not. It's really up to anyone to decide what is going to make them feel the most like themselves. Asia Kate Dillon
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I'm really interested in going back in to the history of non-binary people and seeing how many people in history were non-binary but that didn't know it themselves or because we didn't have the language, couldn't talk about it. I know how that felt being a young person not having that language. Asia Kate Dillon
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