Roles Race Quotes by Daniel Wu

For us as Asian-Americans, I think the bane of our existence is one stereotype - 'Sixteen Candles,' the Long Duk Dong character.

— Daniel Wu

I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese in the films.

— Daniel Wu

I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that as well -…

— Daniel Wu

I ended up falling in love with the whole movie-making experience.

— Daniel Wu

For most normal people, deadlifts stretch your hamstrings, but in my case, it tightened them, because I was already very flexible.

— Daniel Wu

I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and…

— Daniel Wu

In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor,…

— Daniel Wu

For Cantonese - because there's no standardized pinyin system - I have to have someone read it to me, and then I rewrite the…

— Daniel Wu

I definitely don't think I'm going to have a mid-life crisis.

— Daniel Wu

I went to Hong Kong in '97 to witness the handover after graduating university, and then I was gonna backpack around Asia and then…

— Daniel Wu

Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the big screen.

— Daniel Wu

I wanted to try every style available to me - large productions, small productions, studio films, low-budget. You just can't sit around and wait…

— Daniel Wu

At Diversion, we want to do genres that people are not doing - or, if we're doing genres that people are doing, to do…

— Daniel Wu

I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor.

— Daniel Wu

We'll see what I do after 'Badlands' to show audiences that I have more in my repertoire besides martial arts.

— Daniel Wu