I joined a campus competition, as I felt I could do comedy, and I won. Then I started doing standup gigs in 2009 while completing my law degree, but I never told my parents. They only discovered a few years later. — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
What happened was, in my final year of university in Australia, there was a campus comedy competition, and I felt like it was something I could do. I won that competition, and I kept doing it, and I couldn't get… — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
I like to think we're all the sum of our experiences, so no one has my perspective. — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
I think when people talk about race relations in America, they talk about African-American and white people. Asians are not often brought into the… — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
I'm made of dead stars, I eat a lot of fruits, and I hate peak period travel, as opposed to my character on 'The… — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
When you do comedy shows, you usually don't finish until about 11 P.M. Then you have this adrenaline dump, and you get hungry. — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
You don't need to go far to see the hatred and abuse that happens online. Even using social media is anti-social because people are… — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
I'm the worst night owl, because I'm a self-loathing night owl who thinks, 'No, I should be getting up early.' It feels unproductive. I… — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
My approach to comedy is that whenever it comes to me, I write it. With 'The Daily Show,' you have to write stuff every… — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
America is the NBA of culture. So to have Asian people in the biggest entertainment market in the world, in Hollywood, is cool. — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
Japan is the only country I have visited that I want to go to again. I just feel the Japanese have such good taste… — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
I got heckled off stage in Western Australia at a music festival once. — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
