Asian Quotes · Page 18

I don't want to be boxed in or looked at a certain way, as in, 'Yo, he's an Asian rapper.'

— Rich Brian

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

— Jackie Chan

I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.

— Ted Allen

Growing up as Chinese-American, as someone who experienced racism, questions of 'otherness' are always at the forefront of my mind.

— Marjorie Liu

Comparing Asian writers mainly to other Asian writers implies that we're all telling the same story - a disappointingly reductive view.

— Celeste Ng

Pasta isn't just for Italian food anymore. Now there are tasty pasta recipes found in Asian cuisine, and it's emerging as a…

— Marcus Samuelsson

Almost anyone can give me the willies. Man or woman, Asian, black or white, young or old.

— Jesse Armstrong

I majored in English with a specialization in creative writing along with Asian American Studies.

— Randall Park

My dad and I would go to Blockbuster and look for Asian films and we could never find any. If we saw…

— Fala Chen

A whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper, gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and so on…

— Charles C. Mann

In the USA, we learn "art history" as Western art history, and the history of Asian, or African art is a special…

— Jay L. Garfield

“Darlene rolls her eyes – again – like I’m the stupid one. White-skinned. No accent. Good in school. I’m not her idea…

— Meg Medina

When I'm in Brazil, I'm not Brazilian at all; I am a gringo. And then when I'm in England, I'm not really…

— Mia Goth

Not all blondes are dumb or being asian means you're smart. It doesn't mean being pretty means you're loving. Stop judging people…

— Nicole Dominique

I grew up a skinny Asian kid who was often ignored or picked on. It stuck with me and branded my soul.…

— Andrew Yang

I grew up in a predominantly Asian and Mexican community, and because I did breakdance and poplock and all that, I did…

— Taboo

“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

I'd been taught from an early age that I was in the 'other' category on the standardized tests. You know, I had…

— Jordan Peele

Being hapa, or more specifically, half-Japanese half-Euro mutt (English, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, French, Welsh, German. . .in case you were wondering), has…

— Kina Grannis

Our country has caused tremendous damage and pain to the peoples of many countries, especially Asian countries, through colonial rule and invasion.…

— Junichiro Koizumi

It just seems to me that the world's kind of a mess, and the more messy it gets, the more interested I…

— Eric Stoltz

The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as…

— Barack Obama

During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in…

— Jahangir Khan

I connect with my culture through my family. I speak Portuguese to my parents so that I can practice. I stay engaged…

— Camila Mendes

Pakistan is the first South Asian country to sign a free trade agreement and currency swap agreement with China.

— Li Keqiang

The truth is, as an Asian American actor, there really are only certain opportunities.

— Greta Lee

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.

— Joan Chen

When I'm in America, everyone thinks of me as the Asian girl. When I go to Korea, everyone thinks of me as…

— Michelle Zauner

I can't think of the last Asian that I ran into that talked about internment camps. But black people always want to…

— Candace Owens

If you are brown, black, Asian, or anything other than an English-speaking, highly-trained technician, the Republican Party doesn't want you here.

— Luis Gutierrez

I had lived in Fukuoka during the mid 1990s, and I was a volunteer with the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.

— John Foster

So many people complain that there aren't enough Latinos on television, and yet when they are, they need support.

— Eva Longoria

I'm smart cause I'm Korean, I'm not so smart cause I'm from the south. They cancel each other out, so I'm even.

— Henry Cho

Asian women love me, I look like David Duchovny. In kindergarten, used to put some condoms in my cubby. In case one…

— Mac Miller

Hong Kong is a good fashion city. The interest is enormous. There's good potential in the Asian market.

— Stefan Persson

I knew comedy was the thing for me when I was the only Asian kid in high school... who failed math.

— Dat Phan

The major economies are not American anymore. They are Asian and South American.

— David Douglas Duncan

The truth is that Asian people have been targeted and discriminated against for far, far longer than COVID has been around.

— Simu Liu

I want to show people out there that there's such a huge spectrum of people within the queer and Asian community.

— Nico Santos

“I do not fear the sun darkening my skin. I fear colonialism damaging my self-worth with bleach.”

— The Thoughtful Beast