Ronny Chieng

Writing a whole series was a crash course in screenwriting, which is a very different muscle to standup comedy writing.

— Ronny Chieng

I'm from Asia. You can hear it in my voice, and you can see it in my face, and that's primarily my…

— Ronny Chieng

The beauty of the university world is that you can use it as a microcosm to parody anything in the 'real' world.

— Ronny Chieng

I grew up in Singapore, and I went to Australia for law school, and after law school, I started doing stand-up comedy.

— Ronny Chieng

University characters are prime for parody, you know - the self-entitled rich kids to the self-important protestors to the international students.

— Ronny Chieng

Obviously, you're a better writer at 31 then you are at 19. Hopefully, you're also a better human being and better at describing reality.

— Ronny Chieng

I usually say something if I hear someone I know saying something I think is racist with malicious intent.

— Ronny Chieng

I think the whole 'tiger mom' thing is a very common trope. People like to show Asian moms giving pressure, but they…

— Ronny Chieng

What happened was, in my final year of university in Australia, there was a campus comedy competition, and I felt like it…

— Ronny Chieng

Sometimes, we want Asians in the media, but we don't want them to talk about being Asian. For me, that's interesting because…

— Ronny Chieng

Melbourne City is an awesome city. You can get everything: You can get open air. You can get city life. You can…

— Ronny Chieng

I once did a gig at an office Christmas party in the showroom floor of a friend's father's home appliance shop in…

— Ronny Chieng

We promote Asian storytelling - not just Asian stories but Asian people in stories with the full spectrum of the human experience.…

— Ronny Chieng

If you go to Japan, you have to take the train and go visit different capital cities. Just sticking to one city…

— Ronny Chieng

I'm made of dead stars, I eat a lot of fruits, and I hate peak period travel, as opposed to my character…

— Ronny Chieng

I don't want to ever tell a stereotype joke for the sake of it. I'm going to tell the story that I…

— Ronny Chieng

I'm the worst night owl, because I'm a self-loathing night owl who thinks, 'No, I should be getting up early.' It feels…

— Ronny Chieng

The common thread of my comedy shows is conflict and, I guess, the frustration of people who either argue with you or…

— Ronny Chieng

There's a lot of comedy in being the outsider. You can say, 'That's weird. Why do you do it that way? That's…

— Ronny Chieng

If I'm not touring, I wake up late - 10, 11 A.M. - and one of my favorite things is to go…

— Ronny Chieng