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… — Lulu Wang Community Copy Share Image
Who does get to claim Americanness? You know, my brother was born in this country. And is he seen as American? So,… — Lulu Wang American Copy Share Image
I drew influence from Mike Leigh, Ruben Ostlund, a lot of Scandinavian filmmakers, Lukas Moodysson. I also drew influence from horror films… — Lulu Wang Career Copy Share Image
But you just don't know where any film is going to go, or how it's going to end up. Films so often… — Lulu Wang Attention 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… — Lulu Wang Best Copy Share Image
There's a reason why the cultures of so many Chinatowns around the world in some ways are more Chinese. They've held onto… — Lulu Wang Around the world Copy Share Image
And that is something I've heard from many people who immigrate is that when they go back to their home countries, in… — Lulu Wang Home Copy Share Image
There have been moments where I laughed at my own family's culture, though it's hard to separate out whether something funny is… — Lulu Wang Culture Copy Share Image
In some ways, every character we write, especially the protagonist, is some version of ourselves, as a writer/director, even if they aren't… — Lulu Wang Character Copy Share Image
But when you're grieving, when you're going through something difficult, you lose your appetite. You don't want to eat. People are also… — Lulu Wang Complicated Copy Share Image
As the Chinese girl, you don't fit in with anybody. It wasn't a large Chinese-American population, so I didn't grow up having… — Lulu Wang Community Copy Share Image
Writing is a type of therapy for me. I'm always trying to break down what happened, and why I felt a certain… — Lulu Wang Always Copy Share Image
My grandmother was sick and I was told that we could not tell her, and that my cousin was gonna have this… — Lulu Wang Go Copy Share Image
My goal is, no matter what genre or story, I'll find a personal angle. It doesn't have to be autobiographical, or specifically… — Lulu Wang Find Copy Share Image
I made 'The Farewell' for me, for my family, and for other immigrant children, or children of immigrants, who feel caught in-between… — Lulu Wang Children Copy Share Image
My mother and my father are both very funny people, and they're both artistic in their own right. Oftentimes, we get very… — Lulu Wang Father Copy Share Image
I grew up in Beijing and Beijing roast duck is my favorite. My mom makes it every year for Christmas Eve. How… — Lulu Wang Christmas Copy Share Image
When people finance a movie, they have their own ideas and have things they want to change. — Lulu Wang Change Copy Share Image
That's what I love - on 'The Farewell,' we played with a lot of silence and a lot of negative space, and… — Lulu Wang Create Copy Share Image
In China there is a holiday around the death of your ancestors where everyone goes to the cemetery. It's a celebratory thing.… — Lulu Wang Ancestors Copy Share Image
Sometimes America is so great because it brings all of us together, but sometimes it can be so limiting because it puts… — Lulu Wang America Copy Share Image
