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I'm excited to share my experience as an immigrant assimilating to a new country and an outsider stumbling my way into Hollywood.
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If you want to do standup, you have to go on stage. That's the only way to get good - stage times.
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I studied economics and thought I wanted to play with the stock market - my dad was a financial adviser - and I was going to go down that path. I was an intern at Smith Barney.
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When 'Chappelle's Show' came out, if you didn't watch it on Wednesday night, you had nothing to talk about in high school the next day.
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The great thing about the comedy world is that everybody is somewhat of an outsider. That's the community where outsiders feel like they're insiders.
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When a Spanish actor does an accent, that's sexy. When Peter Sellers did a French accent in 'Pink Panther,' that's funny - he got nominated for a Golden Globe. How come whenever an Asian actor does an accent, he's stereotyping?
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Look, to be honest, when certain movies like 'Ninja Assassin' came out, that had a sexy, sexy Asian man with a six-pack, that made some people think, 'Maybe I should go out there and date an Asian dude.' And that did pretty good for us in a way of representation.
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When I became an American citizen, nothing's changed because I'm still Asian.
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When I quit my internship and started doing standup to pursue my dreams and do that full time - I feel like that's when I 'Americaned.'
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It comes from within to not be ashamed of our brothers and sisters who have accents.
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Comedy and drama are like two different sports; they both require athleticism but they're different.
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When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I just want to be an actor, I don't just want to be an Asian actor necessarily.
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I was first introduced to Kiesza when I saw her perform 'Hideaway' on Jimmy Kimmel's show. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.
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It's so great when there's a catchy song that's fun and easy to listen to, but there's also a real artist behind it.
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With a lot of pop music, they just have one song and a good beat, but there's not necessarily that much talent.
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Nate Dogg is my favorite artist. I cried more when he passed than when Michael Jackson did.
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I was actually fairly athletic and coordinated, but I never played any organized sports.
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That's what's great about standup comedy: the instant feedback. You get up on stage, you tell a joke, if it doesn't work, come back the next day with a better version of it.
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I was competitive ping-pong player. I played in youth tournaments, under the age of 13.
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I tried a bunch of things, like Jiu Jitsu boxing classes. I don't know why, but I did.
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I don't read in Chinese very well. Google Translate helps with that. It's cool that I can upload a photo and translate the text from it.
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I spoke English when I moved to the U.S.A. but I had an accent. To get rid of it, I watched a lot of TV-shows and tried to repeat after the tv-hosts. I liked shows about hip-hop.
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Mother always tries to buy things for a reasonable price. I was never allowed to buy things at full price. Probably, it's rooted in the Chinese mentality. We are very thrifty.
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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.
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I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside.
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I was doing stand-up at the Improv and when the host introduces you, 'OK, the next comedian, you've seen him on 'Silicon Valley.' People always clap. They really watch the show and they are fans of it. And then they said, 'You are also going to see him in 'Crazy Rich Asians,' and I did not expect this, but the applause was even louder.
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One of my first big paychecks, I used it to buy a Rolex. I bought a used 1968 vintage Rolex. I was too cheap to buy a new one.
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I hope I can get to more and more of the Chinese audience and kind of lead the way to maybe, y'know, inspire seems like a big word, but y'know... inspire to get people into entertainment because I think we can be just as good as anybody else.
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I think you have to experience life and then pull certain experiences into your act and your character's life, whoever you play, so you're full.
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Other Asian actors, especially American-born actors, sometimes shy away from immigrant roles.
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Immigrant characters now are getting much more well-rounded, and they have personalities, which is important because we do need to portray immigrants in a humanizing way.
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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.
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I have some scripts, I'm putting a couple of projects together with people I want to work with. I think that's the most exciting part, when you can hopefully create your own content and find the people that you love that you get to work with.
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You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy. That was super rewarding. I want to do more of that and also my own writing.
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Silicon Valley,' I mean, the comedy is amazing, and it's one of the best-written shows with some of the best talent. I'm really happy to be a part of it.
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I think in China they have a camera for every street corner, and if you jaywalk, they don't give you a ticket. They put you on the big TV screen to shame you.
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It's maybe a better thought to change the perception of an accent than to avoid it all together.
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I've heard other actors saying they don't want to play a character with an accent at all. To me, that's kind of an insult to somebody like me who did have an accent.
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I worked at Big 5 Sporting Goods, selling shoes and stuff like that, for a couple of summers.
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I was always pretty good with making deals. When I was in sixth grade, when Pokemon cards were hot, I might have started with, like, three or four cards, and then at the end of the year, through trading with my friends and everything, I ended up with the biggest card collection in my school.
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