Asian Quotes · Page 12

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

— Slash

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

— Bill Maher

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

— Romesh Ranganathan

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

— Jessica Henwick

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

— Ross Butler

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

— Pia Wurtzbach

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

Growing up as Chinese-American, as someone who experienced racism, questions of 'otherness' are always at the forefront of my mind.

— Marjorie Liu

I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about…

— Zhu Rongji

I grew up in a predominantly Asian and Mexican community, and because I did breakdance and poplock and all that, I did…

— Taboo

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One…

— Roger Ebert

And having those mystical elements you see in Asian cinema and certainly Asian martial arts cinema, it's something that we wanted to…

— Alfred Gough

There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype:…

— Eric Liu

I think that a lot of actors of color have said that it's a wonderful thing to play a role that doesn't…

— Hong Chau

I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that…

— Yunjin Kim

And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining…

— Samuel P. Huntington

As to whether Marcos is gay: Marcos is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano…

— Subcomandante Marcos

I always wanted to let people know I was Filipino, but I didn't want to go up on stage and make it…

— Jo Koy

To me, personally, it doesn't matter what color I am. Black or white, Asian or Hispanic, it doesn't matter to me as…

— Shani Davis

Shared governance is often the critical element that is missing in Asian universities, no matter how talented the faculty may be. Either…

— Henry Rosovsky

Think of being curled up and floating in a darkness. Even if you could think, even if you had an imagination, would…

— Denis Johnson

It was an all-white church. It was starting to decline. They had to hire a new pastor, and they hired him. But…

— Michael Emerson

Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I forget the impact you have, especially when I see a young Korean girl or family, they come up to me and…

— Jessica Pegula

I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.

— Ted Allen

Comparing Asian writers mainly to other Asian writers implies that we're all telling the same story - a disappointingly reductive view.

— Celeste Ng

I believe in miracles, I believe in the Law of Attraction, but even I don't think I'm big enough to manifest five…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I don't want to be boxed in or looked at a certain way, as in, 'Yo, he's an Asian rapper.'

— Rich Brian

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

— Jackie Chan

I can't think of the last Asian that I ran into that talked about internment camps. But black people always want to…

— Candace Owens

If you are brown, black, Asian, or anything other than an English-speaking, highly-trained technician, the Republican Party doesn't want you here.

— Luis Gutierrez

Pasta isn't just for Italian food anymore. Now there are tasty pasta recipes found in Asian cuisine, and it's emerging as a…

— Marcus Samuelsson

I majored in English with a specialization in creative writing along with Asian American Studies.

— Randall Park

Almost anyone can give me the willies. Man or woman, Asian, black or white, young or old.

— Jesse Armstrong

The truth is, as an Asian American actor, there really are only certain opportunities.

— Greta Lee

Pakistan is the first South Asian country to sign a free trade agreement and currency swap agreement with China.

— Li Keqiang

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.

— Joan Chen

When I'm in America, everyone thinks of me as the Asian girl. When I go to Korea, everyone thinks of me as…

— Michelle Zauner

I want to show people out there that there's such a huge spectrum of people within the queer and Asian community.

— Nico Santos

The truth is that Asian people have been targeted and discriminated against for far, far longer than COVID has been around.

— Simu Liu