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Constance Wu
American
Actress
Born:
Mar 22
,
1982
Life
Me
Myself
People
Think
You
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Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.
Constance Wu
Service
You
People
About
Like
Public
Who
Public Service
Including
Serving
You're never going to please everyone, and if you do, there's something wrong.
Constance Wu
You
Please Everyone
Everyone
Please
Something
Never
Wrong
Going
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.
Constance Wu
Life
Me
Integrity
Speak
Fear
Losing
Values
My Life
Sense
Think
Guide
Sight
Out
Only
Outspoken
Particularly
Unusual
Brave
Being
The Only Thing
Which
Thing
When I was a teenager, I worked at the Gap for a summer folding shirts. That was pretty mindless and soul-sucking.
Constance Wu
Teenager
Mindless
Summer
Folding
Pretty
Shirts
Worked
Gap
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.
Constance Wu
Life
You
Rest
My Life
Back
Folding
Constantly
Paranoid
Know
Gotta
Go
Shirts
Unemployed
Which
Gap
People's passion and desire for authenticity is strong.
Constance Wu
People
Strong
Passion
Authenticity
Desire
Authentic programming that shows the outside world garners authentic interest.
Constance Wu
World
Programming
Outside
Outside World
Authentic
Interest
Shows
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!
Constance Wu
You
People
Resonate
Somebody
Clever
Back
One-Liners
About
More
Obnoxious
Instead
Like
Know
Comedic
Well
Cleverness
Because
Quick
Bunch
Trying
Just
Being
After
Story
While
Really
Choices
Your
Deeper
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.
Constance Wu
Family
You
Animal
School
Problems
Animals
White
Community
Older
Virginia
Pretty
About
Featured
Like
Boy
Got
Dogs
Were
Up
Children
Grew
Which
Richmond
Novels
Assigned
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.
Constance Wu
Beautiful
First
Beauty
Saw
Outside
Performance
Also
She
Within
Model
Role
Michelle
Role Model
Just
Moving
Asian
Really
Her
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.
Constance Wu
Love
Pure
Philip
Mark
Carry
Given
Allowed
He
Cate Blanchett
Liked
Terms
Does
Always
Been
Lot
Model
Role
Role Model
Did
Stories
Loved
Story
Younger
Really
Acting
Who
Whole
Actor
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.
Constance Wu
You
Heart
Job
Values
Lose
Tribe
Makes
Advocating
Person
Just
Then
Your
Expression
Make sure your work is never results-oriented. The result is a byproduct of the work, in a way.
Constance Wu
Work
Result
Way
Never
Make
Sure
Your
Everyone's going to fail at some point. Even if you choose the steadiest career, you're going to go through that.
Constance Wu
You
Everyone
Some
Point
Through
Fail
Go
Going
Choose
Even
Career
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.
Constance Wu
Love
Myself
People
Singing
Musical
Way
Dream
Would
Would-Be
About
Horrors
Know
Most
Because
Audrey
Sinister
Sell
Person
American
Shop
American Dream
Achieving
Interesting
Little
Asian
Play
I'd rather lose all my stuff than lose myself, because I've done that before, and that feels way worse.
Constance Wu
Myself
Lose
Before
Way
Worse
Rather
Stuff
Feels
Because
Than
Done
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.
Constance Wu
Life
Science
Ride
Job
Biology
Virginia
Everything
Way
Has-Been
Both
He
Obsessed
Genetics
Got
Were
Been
His
His Way
Bamboo
Up
America
Paternal
Commonwealth
Then
Worked
Really
Grandparents
Full
Teaches
Farmers
Whole
Illiterate
Dad
Professor
Universities
University
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.
Constance Wu
Together
Experience
Wish
Think
Hidden
Cite
Proof
About
More
Between
Concept
Talk
Tiger
Narratives
Were
Reporters
Often
Difference
Different
Tune
Asian
Asian-American
Lump
Two
Dragon
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.
Constance Wu
Education
Me
Car
Parents
Own
Pay
Back
Furniture
Give
Give Me
My Own
Had
Lot
Did
Cent
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.
Constance Wu
Culture
People
World
Problems
Some People
Think
Tools
Some
Mythical
Instead
Over
Like
Talking
Occupations
Boyfriend
Kung
Kung Fu
Lot
Times
Times People
Get
Trying
Modern
Just
Breakup
Asian
It's my privilege to be able to play somebody not myself. I'm an actor who creates characters based in voice, movement, emotional quality, speech.
Constance Wu
Myself
Quality
Somebody
Characters
Able
Voice
Emotional
Privilege
Movement
Creates
Who
Actor
Based
Play
Speech
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.
Constance Wu
Me
Honor
Absolute
Taiwanese
Like
Accent
Very
Privilege
Trained
Canadian
Craft
Just
Whether
Which
Aspire
Play
Things
British
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.
Constance Wu
Those
Carry
Could
Feel
Like
Mess
Learn
Up
Movie
Show
Things
Here
If somebody judges me, then they're not my people, and that's all right.
Constance Wu
Me
People
Somebody
Judges
Then
Right
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