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For people in London, Asian flavors are always part of the culture, more than in New York. Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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Like, in Asian culture, you have to be down with the family. You have to be down with all the crazy traditional or non-traditional things we do. Jeannie Mai

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I'm Asian. Anything Boba please. Jeannie Mai

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And people are always saying he deceptively quick, deceptively athletic, and I don't know if that's just because I'm Asian or what it is, but obviously there's going to be stereotypes that you have to fight. Jeremy Lin

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I would love to see an Asian American superhero. Jessica Henwick

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It's very hard as an Asian actress to get seen for anything which isn't specifically Asian in England. Jessica Henwick

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I turned down a lot of parts, and I ate a lot of canned tuna for dinner because I was just like, 'No, I don't want to do that; no, that's awful.' But sticking to my guns paid off, and I can look back now and be proud that I refused to take any stereotypical Asian parts. Jessica Henwick

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I want to continue to broaden expectations of what an Asian can be. Jessica Henwick

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In British TV, if there is an Asian character, there usually has to be a reason for them to be Asian, whereas in America, you have a lot more roles where the person just happens to be Asian. Jessica Henwick

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In view of China's growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asia's permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies. Jim Costa

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You'd see Asian faces on TV, but it was so rare, especially in the comedy space - that for me was Ken Jeong doing stand-up... it's amazing that I can call him a friend now and a colleague. Jimmy O. Yang

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When you're 1 out of 5 Asian people on TV, all the pressure is on you and you have to represent. Jimmy O. Yang

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I don't know why people feel the need to do this to me, but my friend asked my dad, 'Aren't your proud of Jimmy now that he's a successful actor?' And my dad was like, 'No, not really. I wish he was a scientist.' I guess scientist is more noble in the Asian culture. Jimmy O. Yang

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I went to school for economics, and especially in Asian culture it's not really a viable job for my family to be an artist. Jimmy O. Yang

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For once in my life, I wanted to flaunt my Asian side instead of hiding it to fit as somebody else... 'Crazy Rich Asians' made me want to get in touch with my roots, instead of running away from them. Jimmy O. Yang

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Maybe my job on this planet is to make the Asian accent sexy. Jimmy O. Yang

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My real name is Joseph Herbert. My dad is white; my mom's Asian, Filipino. And when I started stand-up 22 years ago, I used to go up as Joseph Herbert, and I would just have to defend my name. Every time I went onstage, it was so annoying. People would heckle. Jo Koy

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For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies. Joan Chen

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If you haven't heard my story, my mom is full Korean, and my dad is Caucasian. Kids in kindergarten would make fun of me for being Asian, and when you're that age, you don't know really how to process that; the way you take that is, 'Who I am isn't good enough.' Joanna Gaines

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