Actors Quotes by John Cho

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

I didn't think it was possible for Asians to be actors.

— John Cho

There was a while where every role I was getting offered was extremely noble - like the judge or the kindly nurse.

— John Cho

I don't know if I trust entertainment to teach anyone anything.

— John Cho

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I hereby call for the execution of the person who designed the layout of rite aid stores.

— John Cho

Typically, actors overplay jargon or toss it away in an extravagant display of casualness. Real people hit the important parts hard.

— John Cho

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

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