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
There's so little representation of people who look like me behind the camera that it makes you want to say yes to any opportunity out of desperation. It puts you in a situation where you can't make your best work.… — 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
