Great Movies Quotes by Kevin Kwan

My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every…

— Kevin Kwan

Canada has become such a staging area for Chinese money.

— Kevin Kwan

I really don't keep an outline; I don't organize in any way. I just write.

— Kevin Kwan

Hollywood is a whole other level of crazy. I've never met so many assistants who have assistants. It's a stratified society on its own.

— Kevin Kwan

I grew up in a household where there were really, really strong matriarchal characters. I think that's true of many Asian households. People tend…

— Kevin Kwan

I'm not revealing any deep, hidden secret that there are wealthy people in Asia.

— Kevin Kwan

I grew up with a posh English accent, and all my aunts sounded as if they came out of a Merchant Ivory movie.

— Kevin Kwan

I love Netflix and Amazon and watching movies on streamers as much as the next person.

— Kevin Kwan

My golden dream was to move to New York and live in the Village and become that cool rebel beatnik Jack Kerouac.

— Kevin Kwan

“Scientists talk about how we inherit health issues from our parents through our genes, but we also inherit this entire lineage of fear and…

— Kevin Kwan

I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a…

— Kevin Kwan

Living in the West, you see how there's only two versions of how Asian men are supposed to be. Either they're very nice, yuppie…

— Kevin Kwan

People are often disappointed when they meet me because I'm not this giant, flamboyant - you know, I don't wear sequined jackets.

— Kevin Kwan

'Crazy Rich Asians' may be fiction, but given the situation I grew up in, I've had an unparalleled view into the very real world…

— Kevin Kwan

My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.

— Kevin Kwan