The truth is, as an Asian American actor, there really are only certain opportunities. — Greta Lee Copy Share Image
“My nose does not look like Barbie's nose and that's perfectly fine.” — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There were so many more opportunities in K-pop for a young Asian American singer. — Tiffany Hwang Copy Share Image
Asian American men, Asian men have been basically eunuchs in American cinema and television. — John Cho Copy Share Image
No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act. — Mako Copy Share Image
Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought… — Colleen Hanabusa Copy Share Image
I majored in English with a specialization in creative writing along with Asian American Studies. — Randall Park Copy Share Image
With the first novel, I was concerned I would be pigeon-holed as an Asian-American writer, and the book would be labeled for… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I'm most concerned with committing to characters that contribute to more complex, modern and dynamic Asian-American representation on screen. — Eugene Lee Yang Copy Share Image
To be honest, I'm really into folk music, and I love Big Phony. I like Priscilla Ahn, and yeah, I really support… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting… — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
One of the big things for me that's been exciting is seeing the Asian-American community coming out, because I'm Filipino and Swedish… — Isa Briones Copy Share Image
Being the only Asian-American in the State Legislature, I've had no choice but to reach across the aisle. — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
It's definitely a great honor to be the first Asian-American to win a NASCAR Cup Series Championship. It's not something that I… — Kyle Larson Copy Share Image
Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of… — Ming-Na Wen Copy Share Image
I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get… — Chad Hugo Copy Share Image
My dad was a very unconventional Asian American man. He was very much not quiet, not shy, not passive. If he had… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, but they've never taken center stage, they've… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The feedback for 'P.S. I Still Love You' has been pretty amazing. To have written this story about this family with Asian-American… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
I reached the age of 70, because I have cultivated an association of multicultural intellectuals who are informed and alert to whatever… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“Why I am Passionate and Dedicated 1000% to producing and bringing my books Loving Summer, Bitter Frost, and other book series to… — Kailin Gow Copy Share Image
“The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and… — Monique Truong Copy Share Image
There's the complex categorization of low warmth/high competence. This is the hostile stereotype of Asian Americans by white America, of Jews in… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I am aware of the changes, but in no sense am I believer that we live in a post-racial society. That's a… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
Does people not asking me about Asian American literature mean they don't see it as its own literary tradition? I certainly believe… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
The strike and its outcome had an enormous impact on the system of education and on our lives as well. The strike… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
We're at an interesting phase of Asian and Asian-American writing, where we might succeed in having readers look at us as creative… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
“Alice James Books is a nonprofit cooperative poetry press, founded in 1973 by five women and two men: Patricia Cumming, Marjorie Fletcher,… — Alice James Books Copy Share Image
“These same ABCs couldn't speak Chinese and didn't care---but you don't have shit without your native tongue. African slaves were forced by… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“As an Asian American woman within black radical circles, Grace surely was anomalous, but this raised no significant concerns or barriers to… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
I think it was hard for people to cast me as an ethnic, as an Asian American woman. — Chloe Bennet Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know the passion I have for Asian American cinema. — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S. — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
“It's the 21st century. I am not submissive. I can own property. You cannot call me exotic.” — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
It's far too rare an experience for Asian American girls to see themselves in media. — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
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