The Asian-American kids I meet respond to a democracy in the vulgarity of my roles. — John Cho Copy Share Image
I try to take roles that don't fall within the parameters of any Asian stereotype. — John Cho Copy Share Image
You don't really see Asian men together very often. It's very rare in life. — John Cho Copy Share Image
Asian American men, Asian men have been basically eunuchs in American cinema and television. — John Cho Copy Share Image
Even though there's a lot of horror from Asia in the American cinematic tradition, I hadn't seen Asians at the center of… — John Cho Copy Share Image
The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype… — John Cho Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about comedy in general is that it affords Asian Americans the opportunity to not be noble. — John Cho Copy Share Image
I feel like there's this need that the Asian-American community has to feel like people. It's something that Asians in Asia do… — John Cho Copy Share Image
Asians narratively in shows are insignificant. They're the cop or the waitress or whatever it is. You see them in the background. — John Cho Copy Share Image
It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much… — John Cho Copy Share Image
One thing I'm oddly encouraged by though, there's a lot of Asians in commercials. The reason why I think that's important...you know,… — John Cho Copy Share Image
For a while, I was feeling like I was always playing characters that weren't specifically Korean or specifically Asian, even - that… — John Cho Copy Share Image
The show definitely has a romantic construct, and that's a genre that I've never had access to, in a significant way. This… — John Cho Copy Share Image
You're trying to grow up, and you don't want to be like your parents, and that gets mixed up with being Korean...… — John Cho Copy Share Image
Yes, I do feel a responsibility, and always have, and it's been an odd burden for me. Even when I started and… — John Cho Copy Share Image
You turn on the television, you go to the movies, you don't see a lot of Asians. So you have to deal… — John Cho Copy Share Image
What was exciting to me in talking to Kogonada was I was just very convinced that he was a very real and pure artist.… — John Cho Copy Share
There was a while where every role I was getting offered was extremely noble - like the judge or the kindly nurse. — John Cho Copy Share
With music I get to feel real ownership with what I do. I write it, I perform it and even if it is crap,… — John Cho Copy Share
I've found that one's language abilities, especially for Korean kids like me, get frozen at the age you immigrated. So I've always associated Korea… — John Cho Copy Share
It's really weird to be in more than one franchise because an actor's life is so nomadic, and so it's a real privilege to… — John Cho Copy Share
I feel like there's this need that the Asian-American community has to feel like people. It's something that Asians in Asia do not understand… — John Cho Copy Share
Not sleeping, listening to Paul Auster on Fresh Air. His function, tonight and ever, has been to remind me that I will die. Thanks… — John Cho Copy Share
Conversely, the most powerful thing an actor can say is "no." If something is presented and it's a stereotypical role or something, you can… — John Cho Copy Share
For a while, I was feeling like I was always playing characters that weren't specifically Korean or specifically Asian, even - that they were… — John Cho Copy Share
I hereby call for the execution of the person who designed the layout of rite aid stores. — John Cho Copy Share
Typically, actors overplay jargon or toss it away in an extravagant display of casualness. Real people hit the important parts hard. — John Cho Copy Share
I grew up speaking Korean, but my dad spoke English very well. I learned a lot of how to speak English by watching television. — John Cho Copy Share
Sometimes I feel indie directors are in the game so they can make a film to get hired to do a big film -… — John Cho Copy Share
