Asian Quotes · Page 9

As an Asian guy, I would love to see a big blockbuster with Asian lead characters.

— Hiro Murai

I learned my weaknesses at the Asian Games and other competitions where I lost. My guard was down.

— Mary Kom

We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.

— Kabir Bedi

When I say that asian women are beautiful it's not a sexual thing. I'm not being degrading, I find them sexually repulsive.

— Doug Stanhope

The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Asian-Americans often struggle to be good sons and daughters, but it's ultimately your life. In the end, you have to find what…

— Su-chin Pak

If you're Black or Asian and you want to be a country artist and hopefully have a no. 1 record, you can.…

— Jimmie Allen

I think that it'd be nice for other Asians to support other Asian artists and help each other instead of pull each…

— Justin Chon

And its very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is…

— Nobuo Uematsu

I'm Asian, so they assumed I'm not an American and that I come from Japan. Restaurants would refuse to serve me, and…

— Fred Korematsu

It's interesting for myself, growing up as an Asian-American filmmaker. Coming into the industry, my parents always said, "No one's going to…

— Daniel Radcliffe

My wife and I have always been Anglophiles. We always felt we were born in another life in England. I was in…

— Robert Vaughn

Asian food is very easy to like because it hits your mouth very differently than European food does. In European food, there…

— Tom Colicchio

From my experience, I would say no: actors of East Asian descent don't get the opportunities white actors do. I know that's…

— Gemma Chan

If someone were to call me 'the next Amy Tan,' it would not be because - or not primarily because - we…

— Celeste Ng

My parents loved me, and I think they realized that I was probably not going to have a normal 9-to-5 job. For…

— Jason Wu

What's to be believed? Or does it matter at all? When mass murder's been answered with mass murder, rape with rape, hate…

— Anonymous

The difference between working on Asian and American films is in the producer and director; everyone has their own style. But, Hollywood…

— Hiroyuki Sanada

With Asian-Americans actors, specifically, there's been fewer opportunities for them in TV and film and fewer that have the ability to actually…

— Jenny Han

You can't be afraid to speak the truth. If you're speaking truthfully - no matter if you're White, Black, Hispanic, Asian -…

— Warren Ballentine

Australia - not western in geography, of course, but in every other respect for sure (it certainly doesn't want to be regarded…

— Martin Jacques

“I can hear people in American society saying, "Oh, you just like that subservient kind of woman in Asia who waits on…

— Richard Terrill

It’s just starting. I think it’s going to take another year and a half to get up to critical mass, but everybody…

— Andrew Zimmern

Our film [Hide and seek ]was created as part of the Asian American Film Lab's 11th 72 Hour Film Shootout filmmaking competition,…

— Garth Kravits

I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.

— Tao Lin

I started out in public service in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis of '97.

— Benigno Aquino III

I'm very humbled and honored. I'm very thankful to the Asian-American Community for all their support!

— Jeremy Lin

When you're 1 out of 5 Asian people on TV, all the pressure is on you and you have to represent.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I don't have much history - I've got Rosie Perez, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Moreno. That's it. That's the history of Latin women…

— Michelle Rodriguez

I don't just want to be the best black player or the best Asian player. I want to be the best golfer…

— Tiger Woods

I'm so proud of being Asian and getting to connect with that side of myself is so special.

— Laufey

I'm from Asia. You can hear it in my voice, and you can see it in my face, and that's primarily my…

— Ronny Chieng

I'm half English - and it has been highlighted by people who tell me that I'm not Asian enough.

— Henry Golding

My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot.

— Moon Bloodgood

If someone told me I could play two Asian Cup finals, I wouldn't have believed it.

— Sunil Chhetri

I don't want to be the Asian filmmaker; I just want to be a filmmaker. I want to be Spielberg. I want…

— Jon M. Chu

I am interested in garnering the white vote, and the black vote, and the Latin vote, and the Asian vote, and the…

— Harold Washington

The Asian-American kids I meet respond to a democracy in the vulgarity of my roles.

— John Cho

My first goal is the World Cup, and then my second goal is to win the Asian Cup.

— Park Ji-sung

American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We're even trailing France.

— Suzanne Fields