Asian Quotes · Page 12

I hope you didn't bring the Asian kid along thinking he's a computer genius. Because I'm not," Takumi said.

— John Green

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. That's what I tell Asian people all the time.

— Sarah Silverman

I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us.…

— Gina Rodriguez

Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of…

— Jeremy Lin

I don't want to have people brought in simply because they are black or Asian.

— Trevor Phillips

Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.

— Patrick Chan

On my adventurers into the porn world, I noticed there's one thing that doesn't exist. Asian men.

— Daniel Ellis

You know, we never grew up with Asian American role models in the entertainment industry, unfortunately. I'd never seen an Asian face…

— Eric Nam

The black kids, the poor white kids, Spanish-speaking kids, and Asian kids in the US - in the face of everything to…

— Maya Angelou

Part-black generally means all-black in Americans' minds. Just as part-Asian or part-Hispanic or part-anything-else usually puts individuals in those minority-groups' camps.

— Jeffrey Kluger

Making a movie about one group of people isolates the larger majority. That's what I require of the projects that I'm involved…

— George Lopez

If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by…

— Carlos Mencia

Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot…

— Mara Brock Akil

The March on Washington was a March for Jobs and Freedom. There are still too many people who are unemployed or underemployed…

— John Lewis

As a small kid from Texas, I just imagined that Hollywood was this world that was really foreign and far away and…

— Eugene Lee Yang

Living in the West, you see how there's only two versions of how Asian men are supposed to be. Either they're very…

— Kevin Kwan

All cultures forged by nations—the noble indigenous past of America, the brilliant civilization of Europe, the wise history of Asian nations, and…

— Subcomandante Marcos

I always feel like people misunderstand the difference between an Asian story and an Asian-American story. That's completely different, too. I have…

— Arden Cho

We recognize that there have been acts in the past that are Asian or Korean who tried to go, 'Hey, I'm a…

— Eric Nam

We're at an interesting phase of Asian and Asian-American writing, where we might succeed in having readers look at us as creative…

— Karan Mahajan

Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research…

— Amy Chua

Unfortunately, in Russia this "Asian mentality,"still comes to the fore. But at the same time, it is obvious that there is a…

— Garry Kasparov

The strike and its outcome had an enormous impact on the system of education and on our lives as well. The strike…

— Danny Glover

Not possessing definite geographical boundaries, at least in the East - its distinction from Asia is problematic, considering that two large countries,…

— Roberto Esposito

Other Asian actors, especially American-born actors, sometimes shy away from immigrant roles.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I was raised on Hong Kong movies with Asian stars, so I'm still learning about Hollywood underrepresenting certain people.

— Henry Golding

Well, this is one thing I cannot over stand. Dem nah teach me nothin' 'bout mi Asian plan.

— Capleton

A lot of the stuff that my mom did, being an Asian woman in sports, is really a big deal.

— Jessica Pegula

There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.

— Constance Wu

In movies and television shows, there has never been a really good Chinese lead. So often the Chinese look like they are…

— Sammo Hung

Unexpectedly, I'm here now, so I need to let all the U.S. marketers know that Asians are not different. We are all…

— PSY

I always assumed that my otherness was a curse - that I would be held back by my Asian and queer identities.

— Eugene Lee Yang

Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and…

— Rick Yune

There isn't a traditional background of Asian women playing sport, but that's changing.

— Isa Guha

Holding those two identities of being gay and Asian have, I guess, made my skin a little thicker.

— Bowen Yang

I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.

— Jeremy Lin

I make a Bloody Mary at home with a dash of fish sauce, a little bit of coconut, and some lime juice.…

— Maneet Chauhan

In the Asian marketplace, we need to come out with products every nine months, not every two years.

— Frans van Houten

Growing up, I never saw any Asian faces on TV, so it didn't feel like a viable option.

— Gemma Chan

There are no Asian leading men in Hollywood. There's not an Asian Ryan Gosling or an Asian Brad Pitt.

— Ross Butler