But I can definitely say that when I go back to China, I feel very foreign there. — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
My brother is working to change the perception of Chinese food in America. — Lulu Wang Brother Copy Share Image
I never want to tell a story where I'm lecturing to the audience. — Lulu Wang Audience Copy Share Image
The questions I want to ask will revolve around humans, connection, relationships, family, and stories - what are the stories we tell… — Lulu Wang Connection Copy Share Image
I immigrated when I was six so I had to learn English and I was always an outsider from a young age,… — Lulu Wang Age Copy Share Image
I don't think there's ever an inappropriate time to laugh! I'm a curious person. So if someone laughs, I want to know… — Lulu Wang Comedy Copy Share Image
As long as I'm making something from my voice, from my perspective there will be Asian American content because I am the… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
Americans always talk about family love being unconditional, and I realized that I didn't feel that way. — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
When people finance a movie, they have their own ideas and have things they want to change. — Lulu Wang Change Copy Share Image
In some ways, every character we write, especially the protagonist, is some version of ourselves, as a writer/director, even if they aren't… — Lulu Wang Character Copy Share Image
I made 'The Farewell' for me, for my family, and for other immigrant children, or children of immigrants, who feel caught in-between… — Lulu Wang Children Copy Share Image
There's so little representation of people who look like me behind the camera that it makes you want to say yes to… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
In America especially, if you're Chinese and you work at a restaurant, there's a certain connotation among the Chinese immigrant community: It's… — Lulu Wang Chinese Copy Share Image
My grandma, Nai Nai, has had the clothes she wants to be buried prepared since she was like 60. I guess there… — Lulu Wang Art of life Copy Share Image
My mother always wanted to play an instrument. Her parents never gave her that. Then it got to a point where I'd… — Lulu Wang Guilty Copy Share Image
But you just don't know where any film is going to go, or how it's going to end up. Films so often… — Lulu Wang Attention Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household that really encouraged reading and writing. My mother loves philosophy and is constantly reading philosophy and… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
Because if Asian American content is seen as a trend, the way that like leggings are in, then that's not true representation… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
I drew influence from Mike Leigh, Ruben Ostlund, a lot of Scandinavian filmmakers, Lukas Moodysson. I also drew influence from horror films… — Lulu Wang Career Copy Share Image
Sometimes America is so great because it brings all of us together, but sometimes it can be so limiting because it puts… — Lulu Wang America Copy Share Image
I grew up in Beijing and Beijing roast duck is my favorite. My mom makes it every year for Christmas Eve. How… — Lulu Wang Christmas Copy Share Image
I'm comfortable, culturally I'm American, my perspectives are American, but from an aesthetic perspective do other people look at me and think… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
For a while I had a little company and made corporate videos, did some little documentaries, almost, for court cases and mediations. — Lulu Wang Business Copy Share Image
In my family, and especially when I go back to China, it's always like, prepare your stomach, because it's the way that… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
Who does get to claim Americanness? You know, my brother was born in this country. And is he seen as American? So,… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
I didn't see myself in Jia Jhangke or Wong Kar-Wai films. Those are Asian filmmakers, and I very much am an American… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
We all have different aspects of ourselves, and who we are to different people in our lives, at different stages of our… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
Writing is a type of therapy for me. I'm always trying to break down what happened, and why I felt a certain… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
If you think about feudal China during times of the emperors, food was a very elevated art form and you had to… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
In China there is a holiday around the death of your ancestors where everyone goes to the cemetery. It's a celebratory thing.… — Lulu Wang Ancestors Copy Share Image
And that is something I've heard from many people who immigrate is that when they go back to their home countries, in… — Lulu Wang Home Copy Share Image
There's a reason why the cultures of so many Chinatowns around the world in some ways are more Chinese. They've held onto… — Lulu Wang Around the world Copy Share Image
I can't speak for everybody, and I don't want to say it for an entire culture, but for me, coming from an… — Lulu Wang Culture Copy Share Image
I actually am terrified of horror movies. I'm very sensitive. But for me, I get so scared of horror movies that if… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
So whatever decision you make, you're going to be able to find stories or signs to say 'I did the right thing,'… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
My grandmother was sick and I was told that we could not tell her, and that my cousin was gonna have this… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
