Asian Quotes · Page 15

I think it was hard for people to cast me as an ethnic, as an Asian American woman.

— Chloe Bennet

Bitch I'm amazin', Look what I'm blazin', Eyes so low, yea I look like an Asian.

— Young Jeezy

I try to take roles that don't fall within the parameters of any Asian stereotype.

— John Cho

The U.S. State Department has a consistent record of error in the assessment of Asian situations and judging Red Chinese intentions.

— Ferdinand Marcos

I hope Hong Kong and Asia wants to hire American Asian actresses as much as Hollywood has been hiring Chinese actors from…

— Ming-Na Wen

“I have come to the conclusion that just as the Japanese live to work, Asians live to eat.”

— Anastacia Oaikhena

Sometimes the taproot and the vines are far apart. Like English and the Asian poem.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

As a community, as a group of people as a society, Asian Americans have not always been visible, but we've always been…

— Tamlyn Tomita

There are 13 Asian countries that still have elephants, and Elephant Family is looking to invest in further projects that will be…

— Mark Shand

It's not like that often, I mean, I suppose out of a ratio of 10 fans maybe like 1 or 2 of…

— James Iha

I was growing up and maturing at a time where we were invisible, man. We were nowhere except negative. Any time you…

— John Leguizamo

My job is to go into that audition and be good enough of an Asian actor - or an actor in general…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes…

— Baz Luhrmann

I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What…

— Yoshihiko Noda

“How very American it was to assume that these unsmiling Chinese would be pleased if one showed a preference for their native…

— Tom Wolfe

When America stopped importing from China, China stopped importing from the rest of the world. This affects Asian countries as well as…

— Robert Kiyosaki

If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent…

— Dwayne McDuffie

As I travel around the world, it's fascinating; European leaders, Asian leaders, they all say to me, America is actually poised to…

— Barack Obama

I'm a whitebread cracker. That's my favorite white person slur: "whitebread". The other day, someone came up to me and said, "What's…

— Mike Birbiglia

We need an effective American diplomacy that will marshall the resources of nations in the Asian Pacific Rim to put pressure on…

— Mike Pence

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. Our common ancestor with the chimpanzees and…

— Richard Dawkins

Let me tell you about customs, James," said Lillian. "I am not accustomed to being summoned to someone else's home. You're very…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

This is why the terrorists hate us. And it's not the glitter and it's not the pomp and circumstance. We've got black…

— Adam Carolla

Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a…

— Tina Fey

When I became an American citizen, nothing's changed because I'm still Asian.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I feel like, of course, Houston has Asian fans and Japanese fans, and Asian fans live all over the place.

— Yu Darvish

I'm 50% Asian actually, so yes I was born in Paris but I feel more international than French so I can't talk…

— Berenice Marlohe

Asian girls are so natural and beautiful. I guess they don't like to wear make up

— Greyson Chance

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

— Lisa Ling

Just because there's one Asian American superhero in the MCU, it does not by any means imply that our fight is finished…

— Simu Liu

I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or…

— Ross Butler

Asian-Americans are fighting for space and fighting for visibility and for acceptance.

— Eric Nam

Persimmons are pretty present in a lot of Asian cultures, as gifts that you give to people.

— Michelle Zauner

Asian food is amazing. I love a good Milo Dinosaur, bubble tea, and things like that.

— Jessica Henwick

That Asian guy is really good at kicking. Shocking. Someone is pressing 'A' really fast somewhere.

— Daniel Tosh

There's no real test of how Asian you need to be to be able to own your Asianness, and it's always going…

— Henry Golding

It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much…

— John Cho

I've just seen it all - I've seen the bird flu, I've seen the Asian economic meltdown, SARS, 9/11, economic cycles.

— Alan Mulally

Asian parents generally tend to channel their children, especially their daughters, into studying and not sport.

— Isa Guha

Like, in Asian culture, you have to be down with the family. You have to be down with all the crazy traditional…

— Jeannie Mai