In America especially, if you're Chinese and you work at a restaurant, there's a certain connotation among the Chinese immigrant community: It's the first generation that opens restaurants as a way to survive. You open to support your family so… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
As the Chinese girl, you don't fit in with anybody. It wasn't a large Chinese-American population, so I didn't grow up having a community of Asian friends. Even when there were Asian people, we sort of existed on our own. — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
If you think about feudal China during times of the emperors, food was a very elevated art form and you had to be really… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
In my family, and especially when I go back to China, it's always like, prepare your stomach, because it's the way that they express… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
My grandma, Nai Nai, has had the clothes she wants to be buried prepared since she was like 60. I guess there is an… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
And that meant so much to me to have my parents' support. I don't think I could have continued to push through with the… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
We all have different aspects of ourselves, and who we are to different people in our lives, at different stages of our lives. — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
My brother is working to change the perception of Chinese food in America. — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
But I can definitely say that when I go back to China, I feel very foreign there. — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
I don't think there's ever an inappropriate time to laugh! I'm a curious person. So if someone laughs, I want to know why. — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
The questions I want to ask will revolve around humans, connection, relationships, family, and stories - what are the stories we tell ourselves and… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
