I like to be very simple in my lifestyle. My only extravagance is... I buy lots of toys and meats for my… — Hong Chau Dog Copy Share Image
I appreciate people who sway to the beat of their own tambourine, like Iris Apfel and Helena Bonham Carter. — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
That's what I want to continue to do: really odd films, with interesting filmmakers. — Hong Chau Cinema Copy Share Image
For me, I do my best work when I feel completely relaxed and not being judged. — Hong Chau Being Copy Share Image
I grew up around Vietnamese refugees, around people who don't speak English as a first language. — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
I'm never concerned about being first or on trend. I only want to feel like my most rad 'me.' — Hong Chau Being Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, there's not a ton of roles for Asian people. So a lot of it is waiting and waiting and waiting. — Hong Chau Asian Copy Share Image
I love public transportation! Who wants to sit in a car and be angry at other drivers for eight hours? I'd rather… — Hong Chau Books Copy Share Image
I fell into acting because I was really shy, and so at night after work, I took public speaking and improv classes,… — Hong Chau Acting Copy Share Image
My first job out of college was at PBS as an administrative assistant. I thought I would be on the production side… — Hong Chau College Copy Share Image
People who I've encountered who have had more given to them, they tend to be more disappointed and unable to carry on… — Hong Chau Child Copy Share Image
Giving people the opportunity to sit in a dark theater together and have emotions in public, whether they're laughing or crying -… — Hong Chau Dark Copy Share Image
It's nice to have a quiet movie to give you time to meditate on an idea. A lot of movies don't give… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
In life, we are all more than one thing, but for some reason in movies, you're either this or that. It reduces… — Hong Chau Human Copy Share Image
I'm really into ghost towns. I've driven cross-country the past few summers, and I would stop at some ghost towns along the… — Hong Chau America Copy Share Image
I really want to work on characters that have a lot of complexity and you don't always get that in comic book… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
My parents speak with an accent. A lot of people that I know speak with an accent. I have friends who speak… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
I think that a lot of actors of color have said that it's a wonderful thing to play a role that doesn't… — Hong Chau Asian Copy Share Image
For a good part of my childhood, we were super poor and lived in government housing. I don't characterize the American dream… — Hong Chau America Copy Share Image
The first time I went to Chicago was on a family road trip. We had our dog with us, and when we… — Hong Chau Animal Copy Share Image
I never like to sit and discuss my character, the other character, our relationship, or anything like that. I feel like if… — Hong Chau Character Copy Share Image
When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
We are surrounded by people with accents because America is a nation of immigrants. Beyond that, the people who made your iPhone… — Hong Chau Accents Copy Share Image
Growing up the way I did, being an actor in Hollywood was definitely never a plausible career choice at all. — Hong Chau Actor Copy Share Image
I walk on eggshells, and I care too much about what people think, and I'm afraid to ask for things. — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
Americans have a wonderful way of just butchering everyone's names. — Hong Chau Americans Copy Share Image
Public libraries were a huge source of comfort and joy for me when I was growing up. I still spend time there. — Hong Chau Comfort Copy Share Image
Part of me, even when I was trying to get acting jobs, I was still kind of thinking, 'Oh I should do… — Hong Chau Acting Copy Share Image
I don't want to put on any gimmicky layers just to give the character more definition. I just want to play good… — Hong Chau Asian Copy Share Image
Asian-Americans, we're not a monolithic group. There might be some Asians who are second-generation, third-generation, who may not speak the language that… — Hong Chau Asian Copy Share Image
With 'Downsizing,' a lot of the discussion hasn't been about the film itself, but about cultural and political conversations happening outside of… — Hong Chau Being Copy Share Image
I did a regional car commercial and an internet potato chip commercial. I was seriously thinking I needed to quit and get… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
I don't like being watched, and I don't like being told what to do, so acting is a very poor professional choice. — Hong Chau Acting Copy Share Image
I love Chicago for several reasons, but one of the best is that I was so intrigued that you have wild rabbits… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
I don't want anyone to think I took this role in 'Downsizing' because it was the only role available to me. I'm… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
On 'Downsizing,' I had a trailer, and I got to bring my dog to work, and I thought, 'I've made it: I'm… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
I grew out of the habit of thinking or worrying about being seen as the typical Asian. I don't even know what… — Hong Chau Asian Copy Share Image
I grew up speaking Vietnamese - that was my first language because my parents didn't speak any English, and I didn't learn… — Hong Chau Language Copy Share Image
