American Quote by Ali Wong

It's really taking a while but I do think it's becoming more acceptable to cast Asians in roles that weren't originally slated for someone…

— Lucy Liu

I always felt that just being an actor is difficult. Being an Asian-American actor doesn't make it more difficult. I see it as an…

— Keiko Agena

There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian character in a leading role or unless…

— Kimiko Glenn

There's racist casting, and there is normal casting. Normal casting, to me, is a process that strives for representation and, in many cases, strives…

— Shonda Rhimes

It's funny - when I started acting, I didn't know I was going to be talking about Asian-American issues so much. You know what,…

— Justin Chon

Every time I do something, I think, 'Am I portraying Asian people in the way I want to be portrayed?'

— Ronny Chieng

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background

— Mario Lopez

I'm most concerned with committing to characters that contribute to more complex, modern and dynamic Asian-American representation on screen.

— Eugene Lee Yang

No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act.

— Mako

Even if you look at 'American Idol,' or 'X-Factor,' or 'The Voice' or anything, it was always difficult to see an Asian or an…

— Eric Nam

We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.

— Kabir Bedi

As soon as you start looking into roles which are specifically Asian, Black, or Latina, you start looking at stereotypes. That's the issue minority…

— Jessica Henwick