Asian Quotes · Page 16

I had a couple of Asian readers and other folks tell me, "Oh, you have a lot of sex in your writing."

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I'm an Asian guy growing up in London so I see myself as British, but India is part of my culture.

— Dev Patel

I definitely have been approached and reached out to by a lot of young Asian American and Asian women, which has been…

— Phillipa Soo

Growing up as an Asian American, we're lucky to have two sentences in a history book about the Chinese-American experience.

— Justin Lin

I feel so much more connected with my Asian side than I do with my British side - of course, I'm proud…

— Henry Golding

I moved from Australia to Manhattan five years ago and realized I was very well-accepted in the South Asian industry there.

— Shibani Dandekar

Every community should have a superhero. And the truth is, for many of us in the Asian community, we didn't grow up…

— Simu Liu

I'm more Filipino than I am German. I guess I shouldn't be ashamed to say that.

— Pia Wurtzbach

I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also…

— Pauley Perrette

For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get…

— Chad Hugo

There have been times where I have said, even in a sketch that I'm not in, 'I don't think you should be…

— Bowen Yang

Well, let's say Asian. Some are Japanese. Some are Chinese. Some are Thai. Some are Vietnamese. He runs the gamut. And I…

— Jacki Weaver

You're talking to a guy that graduated from business school by the skin of his teeth, only to crash and burn at…

— Simu Liu

The Chinese five-spice works really well in the quantity that I used. It makes it almost imperceptibly just a little bit sweeter…

— Mario Batali

Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in…

— Ellsworth Huntington

A recent poll shows that a majority of blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics do not think the Census should be classifying people…

— Thomas Sowell

The 21st century will be the Asian century. This also means that Asians will be expected to provide greater leadership to solve…

— Kishore Mahbubani

I've noticed that the more flooding there is, the more bullshit gets talked. I mean it was very noticeable in the Asian…

— Christopher Hitchens

Growing up in Texas, I was already dealing with the fact that I didn't even know I was Asian until a certain…

— Eugene Lee Yang

In some ways I consider myself more Chinese, because I live in San Francisco, which is becoming a predominantly Asian city. I…

— Richard Rodriguez

I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England…

— Rachel Cusk

The Latinas in this industry are really supportive and stick together. America Ferrera, Gina Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, and Salma Hayek have all…

— Tanya Saracho

We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until…

— Octavia Spencer

As a Chinese American legislator, I applaud the RNC's Growth and Opportunity Project. Engaging Asian American and Pacific Islander communities about Republican…

— Kimberly Yee

I'm not the Asian kid of 'Riverdale;' I'm Reggie, and I just happen to be Chinese.

— Ross Butler

It's very hard as an Asian actress to get seen for anything which isn't specifically Asian in England.

— Jessica Henwick

I have Asian friends - second generation - and I am the worst in terms of being in touch with my heritage.

— Romesh Ranganathan

I'm just honest. They [asians] don't want to see black people generally in their movies.

— Bill Maher

I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.

— Slash

When you're the only Asian in the room, the last thing you want to do is to point out you're Asian. And…

— Jon M. Chu

There was always a struggle with being Asian and not being Asian enough. It's going to be down to me to own…

— Henry Golding

What 'March' is saying is that it doesn't matter whether we are black or white, Latino or Asian. It doesn't matter whether…

— John Lewis

“No one can take away my heritage or history. At the same time, it is up to me to discover and embrace…

— The Thoughtful Beast

I've always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I'm English, without a doubt. I will never ever say I'm not English. English born and bred. I'm Turkish, though

— Colin Kazim-Richards

Like many Asian parents, mine were very focused on education. My dad would quiz me with multiplication tables when I was about 5.

— Lisa Su

I don't care if you're an Asian fan or an American fan: I'm happy to perform.

— Ben Askren

The pains felt by Asian countries are our own pains. Disaster in Asia is nothing but ours as well.

— Junichiro Koizumi

The significance of playing a South Asian character that's a lead role in a network primetime television show is certainly not lost…

— Tiya Sircar

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting.

— Jai Rodriguez