Asian Quotes · Page 17

Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians.…

— Yani Tseng

I've shied away from playing Asian characters. if you look back, I'm playing characters that have no relevance to my ethnicity.

— Jessica Henwick

When Asian people grow up fast they go to college at 13. White people grow up fast it's about fudge packing and…

— Adam Carolla

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype…

— John Cho

Asian men specifically have not been portrayed as the leading man or sex symbol.

— Simu Liu

I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian…

— Martha Beck

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very…

— Jodie Foster

In the States I might be an Asian face, look different from everyone else in TV and in music, but in Korea…

— Eric Nam

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in…

— Nicolas Cage

In Hollywood, most of the opportunities you get, as a Latino, are to play some version of an immigration story - which…

— Melissa Barrera

Really annoys me any time I see Asian fusion too. Asia is a big place; which Asian are you talking about? You…

— Anthony Bourdain

“[in regards to the "Asian guy"] He was so cute - in that Final Fantasy Thirty-Seven way. What I'm saying is, the…

— Christopher Moore

It was a proof of Welsh good nature: so long as I had a friend that knew and could introduce me, the…

— W. H. Davies

I grew out of the habit of thinking or worrying about being seen as the typical Asian. I don't even know what…

— Hong Chau

As a major feature film with Asian Americans in leading roles, 'Crazy Rich Asians' is important. We hope that this movie will…

— Crystal Hana Kim

There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests.…

— Amy Chua

Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found…

— Taitetsu Unno

We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do…

— Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Now, they hold the World Cup every year, so it's like any Super Series. It's boring. To me, it's very boring. I…

— Taufik Hidayat

The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that's out there - there are so many…

— Kevin Kwan

First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist…

— Riz Ahmed

I and most Australians want our immigration policy radically reviewed and that of multiculturalism abolished. I believe we are in danger of…

— Pauline Hanson

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

I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have…

— Ferdinand Marcos

I have worked out that I am virtually Chinese, because everything I own is from China.

— Sean Lock

I went to a school that was probably 85 per cent South Asian and we knew nothing about our past.

— Asim Chaudhry

The heads of leading American universities say that if they selected applicants based on grades alone, their student bodies would be 100…

— Paul Achleitner

I'm a South Asian female that talks about relationships and periods and dating and all these things.

— Lilly Singh

I married an Asian. I have eight biracial children, therefore I'm quite certain that I'm the last person that could be called…

— Kate Gosselin

There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again.

— Randall Park

In the long term, there are many factors that will help the luxury market, the creation of new wealth and the Asian…

— Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

America is the NBA of culture. So to have Asian people in the biggest entertainment market in the world, in Hollywood, is…

— Ronny Chieng

Eyes so low, they think Im Asian when Im blazing. Cuz that purples on my chest like Im playing for the Ravens.

— Ludacris

Now, there are more and more Asian models and opportunities to understand Asian beauty.

— Liu Wen

There's no Asian [vocalist] that's huge out there. So I want to do that. I want to break that mold.

— Jasmine Trias

When I was finishing 'Now You See Me 2,' I remember thinking about exploring the Asian-American identity side of my brain.

— Jon M. Chu

You can ask any Latin actor: inevitably, if they get a part meant for a white guy, producers will change the character's…

— Nicholas Gonzalez

I love pandas, they're so chill. They're like dude, racism is so stupid. I'm black white and Asian

— Sarah Moores

It's really hard because obviously people label you as a British East Asian actor. And I'm just from Salford; it's where I…

— Benedict Wong