19 Lulu Wang Quotes for You to Enjoy

Lulu Wang

Chinese Writer

Born: Dec 22, 1960

American Family Me People Think You

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Whereas in America we are so fearful of mortality, we don't want to talk about it, we don't think about it, and in many ways we treat elderly people as invisible because they are a constant reminder of our own mortality. We put them away and put them in retirement homes so we don't want to deal with that. Lulu Wang

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I'm comfortable, culturally I'm American, my perspectives are American, but from an aesthetic perspective do other people look at me and think that I'm American? Lulu Wang

Me People Perspective Think Other Look Comfortable Aesthetic American Perspectives

Who does get to claim Americanness? You know, my brother was born in this country. And is he seen as American? So, I mean, it brings up a lot of interesting questions. Lulu Wang

You Seen Country Claim Brother Born He Know Does Lot Questions Up Get American Interesting Mean Who Brings

There's so little representation of people who look like me behind the camera that it makes you want to say yes to any opportunity out of desperation. It puts you in a situation where you can't make your best work. Diversity for cheap. Lulu Wang

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My mother and my father are both very funny people, and they're both artistic in their own right. Oftentimes, we get very dramatic about things, but we also laugh really hard. Lulu Wang

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In America especially, if you're Chinese and you work at a restaurant, there's a certain connotation among the Chinese immigrant community: It's the first generation that opens restaurants as a way to survive. You open to support your family so your kids can become doctors and lawyers. Lulu Wang

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My brother is working to change the perception of Chinese food in America. Lulu Wang

Food Change Perception Brother America Chinese Chinese Food Working

As the Chinese girl, you don't fit in with anybody. It wasn't a large Chinese-American population, so I didn't grow up having a community of Asian friends. Even when there were Asian people, we sort of existed on our own. Lulu Wang

My mother always wanted to play an instrument. Her parents never gave her that. Then it got to a point where I'd been playing for 18 years, and to give it up would make me feel guilty. But my parents also knew that realistically, I wasn't going to become a concert pianist. Lulu Wang

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When people finance a movie, they have their own ideas and have things they want to change. Lulu Wang

Finance Change People Own Ideas Want Movie Things

I can't speak for everybody, and I don't want to say it for an entire culture, but for me, coming from an immigrant family, it's very difficult to go find your voice, which requires a lot of failure. Lulu Wang

Protagonists traditionally are active characters. Lulu Wang

Active Characters Protagonists

I never want to tell a story where I'm lecturing to the audience. Lulu Wang

Tell Never Audience Lecturing Where Want Story

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