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Randall Park
American
Actor
Born:
Mar 23
,
1974
Acting
Actor
Love
Me
People
You
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I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.
Randall Park
Life
Music
My Life
Big
Rap
Rap Music
Part
Obsessed
Am
Big Part
Such A Big Part
I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.
Randall Park
Work
Good
You
Good Work
Respected
Paparazzi
Would
Followed
Like
Know
Just
Want
Acknowledged
Actor
My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.
Randall Park
Life
Good
Parents
Spent
Born
Part
Korea
Were
My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
Randall Park
Hope
Those
Characters
Kinds
More
Open
Like
Fresh
Off
Door
Asian
Boat
Even
Shows
Actor
Actress
Acting just didn't seem like a viable option. I didn't have any connections in the industry, and I had little support from my family. Also, there just weren't a lot of Asian-Americans on TV or in the movies.
Randall Park
Family
TV
Seem
Had
Support
Like
Also
Industry
Were
Lot
Option
Viable
Any
Just
Little
Movies
Acting
Connections
I always feel that comedy, at its best, tackles issues that are controversial, polarizing, volatile, and sheds light onto those issues and the people involved.
Randall Park
Best
People
Light
Comedy
Those
Volatile
Onto
Feel
Polarizing
Involved
Sheds
Always
Issues
Controversial
Family time means so much to me.
Randall Park
Time
Family
Me
Much
Means
If a casting breakdown said 'All-American Type' or 'Lead Role,' I knew they weren't thinking of me.
Randall Park
Me
Thinking
Type
All-American
Casting
Lead
Lead Role
Knew
Said
Were
Role
Breakdown
Danny Chung in 'Veep' is a really unique, very anti-stereotypical role for an Asian-American actor, and being able to play that has been super fun.
Randall Park
Danny
Has-Been
Super
Able
Been
Very
Role
Being
Asian-American
Really
Fun
Unique
Actor
Play
The most common things I would go out for would be, like, 'the Lab Technician' on a crime procedural, usually an expert in either a medical or a computer-oriented field.
Randall Park
Crime
Field
Out
Would
Would-Be
Like
Most
Go
Lab
Common
Procedural
Expert
Either
Common Things
Medical
Technician
Things
I remember in the '70s or the early '80s, there were a lot of viewpoints represented on TV. And I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened in the '90s.
Randall Park
Remember
TV
Know
Were
Lot
Happened
Viewpoints
Early
When I was at UCLA, a professor there encouraged me to write, and so I looked into specializing in creative writing in the English Department. And through that, I started writing plays.
Randall Park
Me
Creative
Writing
Through
Write
Looked
Encouraged
Department
English
Creative Writing
Professor
Started
Plays
There are a lot of communities within the Asian Pacific Islander umbrella that are predominantly more working-class or lower class, and those stories haven't been told yet, so my hope is that we see the gamut of perspectives.
Randall Park
Hope
Class
Those
See
More
Within
Been
Lot
Umbrella
Stories
Pacific
Asian
Perspectives
Lower
Lower Class
Communities
Working-Class
There were so few examples of Asian or Asian-American lead characters on American TV or even in the movies. And the ones that have existed for so long were either stereotypical or offensive in some way, or just not reflective of the lives of people in the community.
Randall Park
People
Long
Few
Community
Way
Characters
TV
Some
Examples
Lead
Stereotypical
Were
Existed
Reflective
Offensive
American
Just
Either
Movies
Asian
Asian-American
Even
Lives
When you write a memoir, and it's your life, and you're exposing things that are close to home, it's hard to see it changed.
Randall Park
Life
Home
You
Changed
Memoir
See
Write
Close
Your
Hard
Exposing
Things
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