Asian Quotes · Page 9

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

— Martha Beck

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

— Simu Liu

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

— Junichiro Koizumi

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

— Ben Askren

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'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

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 learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed…

— Rain

I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their…

— Henry Rosovsky

“I believe that reappropriation can be a powerful tool for creating social change. Sometimes, things like irony, satire, or humor are more…

— Simon S. Tam

I was born and raised in Vancouver. I moved to Beijing in 2010 just before the Olympics. Being an Asian Canadian actor,…

— Osric Chau

After the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan adopted an expansionist and colonial attitude towards its neighbours. It sought to identify itself with…

— Martin Jacques

My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand…

— Gary Locke

It is inevitable that, in the process of teaching an Asian religion in a Western country, many of the teachings will seem…

— Frederick Lenz

You could say mixed-race Eurasians have the exact same struggles as a character like Rachel Chu has had: not feeling at home…

— Henry Golding

People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer…

— Barack Obama

There's a misconception that I can't relate to the quote-unquote 'Asian-American experience' because I didn't grow up with an Asian mom and…

— Lana Condor

I feel like the Latinx community, first of all, they're not often shown on camera in general. But they're also oftentimes not…

— Jenna Ortega

Let's take Southeast Asia. The last 20, 30 years has been what's called the "Asian Miracle" - fast economic growth, industrial society.…

— Noam Chomsky

Within the model minority rhetoric, Asian Americans are represented as “good” minorities and African Americans are represented as “bad” minorities. Here, the…

— Jennifer Lee

I remember watching Swan Lake and everybody looking exactly the same, but being able to relate because they were the only company…

— Joan Chen

A lot of times I go to a comedy show, I sit there and wait for the comedian to run out of…

— Eugene Lee Yang

When these Asians go out looking for a victim, they don't go looking for Asian victims. They don't go mugging Asian grandmas,…

— Mark Collett

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

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

— Jai Rodriguez

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

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

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

— Slash

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

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

— Pia Wurtzbach

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

— Ross Butler

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

When you see a movie, they always put the Latino on the bad side or in a tacky way. It's not like…

— J Balvin