Lulu Wang Quotes

Lulu Wang
Chinese Writer
Born: Dec 22, 1960
American Family Me People Think You
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In China there is a holiday around the death of your ancestors where everyone goes to the cemetery. It's a celebratory thing. It's very colorful. Lulu Wang
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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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In some ways, every character we write, especially the protagonist, is some version of ourselves, as a writer/director, even if they aren't the same gender. Lulu Wang
Character Gender Every Ways Ourselves Some Write Protagonist Version Same Even
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
As long as I'm making something from my voice, from my perspective there will be Asian American content because I am the storyteller. Lulu Wang
Perspective Will Long Something Voice Content Because Making Am American Storyteller Asian Asian-American
I don't think there's ever an inappropriate time to laugh! I'm a curious person. So if someone laughs, I want to know why. Lulu Wang
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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
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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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I didn't see myself in Jia Jhangke or Wong Kar-Wai films. Those are Asian filmmakers, and I very much am an American filmmaker. Lulu Wang
Myself Films Those See Am Very American Asian Much Filmmaker Filmmakers
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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If you think about feudal China during times of the emperors, food was a very elevated art form and you had to be really skilled. Lulu Wang
Art Food You Think About Had Art Form Very Times Feudal Form China Really Skilled Elevated
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
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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
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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
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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
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