--- title: "9 Asian Man Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Asian Man quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Asian Man sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/donnie-yen-12000_asian_for-years-i-looked-to-bruce-lee-as-a-men_798753.jpg" --- > [For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donnie-yen/for-years-i-looked-to-bruce-lee-as-a-mentor-as-being-a-chinese-and/) [Donnie Yen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donnie-yen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/donnie-yen-12000_asian_for-years-i-looked-to-bruce-lee-as-a-men_798753.jpg) > [For sure, it's important for an Asian man to win a grand slam. I hope I'm the one to make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-nishikori/for-sure-it-s-important-for-an-asian-man-to-win-a-grand-slam-i-hope-i/) [Kei Nishikori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-nishikori/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/kei-nishikori-5779_asian_for-sure-it-s-important-for-an-asian-man_2514254.jpg) > [ If I'd been asked to play an Asian man \[in Doctor Strange\] I would've shown them Benedict Wong. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/if-i-d-been-asked-to-play-an-asian-man-in-doctor-strange-i-would-ve/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/tilda-swinton-4434_asian_if-i-d-been-asked-to-play-an-asian-man-i_885279.png) > [As an Asian man in the industry, you had to know martial arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simu-liu/as-an-asian-man-in-the-industry-you-had-to-know-martial-arts/) [Simu Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simu-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/simu-liu-5977_art_as-an-asian-man-in-the-industry-you-had_2284095.jpg) > [It was rare to see an Asian man and white woman together when my parents fell in love. They went through years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gok-wan/it-was-rare-to-see-an-asian-man-and-white-woman-together-when-my/) [Gok Wan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gok-wan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/gok-wan-6346_harassment_it-was-rare-to-see-an-asian-man-and-whit_1009675.jpg) > [“Friday dusk becomes Friday evening. The park is feverish with life. A young Asian man screams into his mobile phone, not stopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-stone/friday-dusk-becomes-friday-evening-the-park-is-feverish-with-life-a/) [Craig Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/craig-stone-9282_dusk_friday-dusk-becomes-friday-evening-the-p_149017.jpg) > [Look, to be honest, when certain movies like 'Ninja Assassin' came out, that had a sexy, sexy Asian man with a six-pack,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-o-yang/look-to-be-honest-when-certain-movies-like-ninja-assassin-came-out/) [Jimmy O. Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-o-yang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/jimmy-o-yang-8131_asian_look-to-be-honest-when-certain-movies-li_2334198.jpg) > [My dad was obviously a really quirky, unconventional Asian man who didn't care about what other people thought. When he would fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-wong/my-dad-was-obviously-a-really-quirky-unconventional-asian-man-who/) [Ali Wong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-wong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/ali-wong-7067_asian_my-dad-was-obviously-a-really-quirky-unc_2587282.jpg) > [ Well you know, the comic strip \[Doctor Strange\]... yeah, was an Asian man, in fact, a very ancient Tibetan man living on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/well-you-know-the-comic-strip-doctor-strange-yeah-was-an-asian-man-in/) [Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/tilda-swinton-4434_ancient_well-you-know-the-comic-strip-doctor-str_814104.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asian-man/#itemlist", "name": "Asian Man Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donnie Yen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donnie-yen/for-years-i-looked-to-bruce-lee-as-a-mentor-as-being-a-chinese-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/donnie-yen-12000_asian_for-years-i-looked-to-bruce-lee-as-a-men_798753.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/donnie-yen-12000_asian_for-years-i-looked-to-bruce-lee-as-a-men_798753.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/donnie-yen-12000_asian_for-years-i-looked-to-bruce-lee-as-a-men_798753.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.” — Donnie Yen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For sure, it's important for an Asian man to win a grand slam. 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