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I went to a public high school and most of the comedy was coming from the black kids and the Asian kids and the Hispanic kids. And, the coolest kids to me where always the black kids. They were always fashion forward and they always dressed the coolest. They were always the best dancers, and just the coolest people.
Brett Ratner
Best
Fashion
Me
People
School
Comedy
Black
Dancers
Kids
High
Dressed
High School
Most
Always
Coming
Were
Hispanic
Just
Where
Public
Asian
Forward
Coolest
Parts for Asians are hard enough to get, and if Tee, which sounds kind of generically Asian, helps me get roles, so be it.
Brian Tee
Me
Enough
Kind
Parts
Sounds
Get
Roles
Which
Asian
Asians
Hard
Helps
Tee
I want to represent Asian women.
CL
Women
Represent
Want
Asian
I want to break that typical Asian female stereotype. There's this standard where they're all calm. I want to break that.
CL
Calm
Typical
Stereotype
Female
Where
Want
Break
Asian
Standard
Normally, people think of Asian women as timid, but I think I'm very strong.
CL
Women
People
Strong
Think
Very
Normally
Timid
Asian
I'm not the standard Asian girl.
CL
Girl
Asian
Standard
The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.
Carlos Fuentes
Needs
History
Black
White
Caribbean
States
Latino
Indian
Write
Written
Asian
Now
United
United States
My look is 'Poly'n'Asian' - part Polynesian native, part Asian warrior.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Warrior
Part
Look
Native
Asian
Comparing Asian writers mainly to other Asian writers implies that we're all telling the same story - a disappointingly reductive view.
Celeste Ng
Other
Telling
Writers
Mainly
Implies
Same
Same Story
Story
Asian
View
Comparing
For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity.
Chad Hugo
Best
Me
Opportunity
Wave
Background
Hiding
Had
Discredit
Get
Trying
American
Flag
Just
Anything
American Flag
Asian
Asian-American
I'm not trying to disrespect anybody by saying this - I'm not sure I feel any interaction with Asian America in any collective sense. - It's like, when you're telling me this right now, my reaction is, Really? Asian America knows about me?
Chad Hugo
Saying
Me
You
Collective
Sense
Disrespect
Telling
About
Feel
Like
Reaction
Knows
Sure
America
Trying
Any
Anybody
Interaction
Asian
Really
Now
Right
When I made it, I still didn't wave the flag and say, Yeah go Asian people. I do want people to know that about me, but I always felt like at least musically, let me just do what I do and be the best at it. Which is what I'm doing right now.
Chad Hugo
Best
Me
People
Made
Wave
Say
Musically
About
Like
Know
Felt
Always
Least
Still
Yeah
Doing
Go
Flag
Just
Want
Which
Asian
Now
Right
I can change my appearance by doing simple things. People ask, 'What's your ethnicity? Are you part Asian? I can't figure you out.' That gives me range with the roles I play.
Chyler Leigh
Me
You
Change
People
Simple
Range
Out
Gives
Simple Things
Part
Doing
Roles
Asian
Ask
Ethnicity
Your
Figure
Appearance
Play
Things
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
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
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
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
As a Korean American, I grew up yearning to see actors that looked like me. On the rare occasions I saw an Asian celebrity, I adored them unflaggingly.
Crystal Hana Kim
Me
Rare
Saw
Rare Occasions
See
Adored
Like
Looked
Occasions
Korean
Yearning
Up
Celebrity
American
Grew
Them
Asian
Actor
As a major feature film with Asian Americans in leading roles, 'Crazy Rich Asians' is important. We hope that this movie will be our 'Black Panther,' announcing to Hollywood that we are here, we belong, and we are ready for more.
Crystal Hana Kim
Hope
Crazy
Will
Black
Important
Rich
Panther
Our
More
Feature
Feature Film
Leading
Major
Announcing
Ready
Roles
American
Movie
Asian
Hollywood
Asians
Film
Belong
Here
My favorite way to cook is to look in my cabinets and see what I have. That's the most fun. 'I don't have tomatoes, but I have this chili-garlic sauce from the Asian grocery store. Let's throw that in there and see how it affects my beef barley soup!'
Damaris Phillips
Way
Favorite
See
Throw
Look
Most
How
Soup
Beef
Affects
Store
Asian
Grocery
Grocery Store
Cook
Barley
Fun
Tomatoes
Sauce
While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.
Daniel Goleman
Mind
Religions
Study
Began
While
Asian
Theories
I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and it's so weird that they don't see sexuality in Asian men.
Daniel Wu
Time
You
Men
Films
TV
Sexuality
Constantly
See
Fact
Weird
Males
American
Whether
Dislike
Asian
Really
Asian Americans haven't had as many opportunities as other people to build their careers in Hollywood, just because there hasn't been that much of an interest, especially in Asian American males.
Daniel Wu
People
Opportunities
Build
Other
Had
Because
Been
Males
American
Just
Just Because
Interest
Asian
Asian-American
Hollywood
Much
Many
Careers
People don't think that bread is part of Asian culture or Asian food culture, but it's quite prevalent in Northern China, and you see it throughout Japan and as you go to Taiwan.
David Chang
Food
You
Culture
People
Think
See
Throughout
Taiwan
Part
Go
Northern
Quite
Bread
China
Japan
Asian
I felt pretty good growing up. I didn't feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to be a movie or a television show with Asian characters, I would go out of my way to avoid them, because they portrayed all Asians as either ridiculously good or ridiculously bad; you know, the whole Charlie Chan-Fu Manchu thing.
David Henry Hwang
Good
You
Racism
Remember
Way
Television
Television Show
Out
Characters
Bad
Would
Charlie
Pretty
Pretty Good
Feel
Know
Because
Felt
Go
Lot
Up
Going
Movie
Either
Them
Asian
Asians
Prejudice
Show
Avoid
Whole
Growing
Ridiculously
Growing Up
Thing
Portrayed
There was all this talk when Obama got elected about how we were living in a postracial world. But we're not. Until we get to the point where James Earl Jones can play, say, George Washington, race matters. You wouldn't put a white actor in blackface to play Othello. You shouldn't have a white actor in what amounts to yellowface to play Asian.
David Henry Hwang
You
World
Matters
White
Living
Othello
Say
Obama
About
Point
Put
Talk
Until
Got
How
George
Were
George Washington
Get
Where
James
Race
Asian
Elected
Washington
Actor
Play
Amount
Earl
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