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Randall Park

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[Wikipedia] Randall Park is an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Agent Jimmy Woo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, FBI Special Agent Edwin Park in the Netflix series The Residence (2025), Louis Huang in the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020), for which he was nomi

Quotes by Randall Park

When I was at UCLA, a professor there encouraged me to write, and so I looked into specializing in creative writing in…

Creative writing

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I remember, as a kid, I loved kimchi. It wasn't weird to me at all because it was in our house all…

Loved

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I ended up going into the Master's program for Asian-American studies at UCLA, in part because I was passionate about it, but…

Acting

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People would call me Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan or whatever popular martial artist there was at that time. I also remember…

Art

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Early on, when I first started acting professionally, it was really important for me to get my parents on board, because they…

Acting

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Danny Chung in 'Veep' is a really unique, very anti-stereotypical role for an Asian-American actor, and being able to play that has…

Actor

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People really liked my dad.

Dad

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There are a lot of communities within the Asian Pacific Islander umbrella that are predominantly more working-class or lower class, and those…

Asian

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I pretty much ate everything that I like and I've always wanted to eat and I just didn't hold myself back and…

Wanted

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For network TV, you obviously have to appeal to a wide viewership.

Appeal

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I remember in the '70s or the early '80s, there were a lot of viewpoints represented on TV. And I don't know…

Early

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Sometimes I have no choice but to wear my hair and I try to make it look as normal as possible, but…

Chance

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Acting just didn't seem like a viable option. I didn't have any connections in the industry, and I had little support from…

Acting

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I always feel that comedy, at its best, tackles issues that are controversial, polarizing, volatile, and sheds light onto those issues and…

Always

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There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again.

Asian

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There were so few examples of Asian or Asian-American lead characters on American TV or even in the movies. And the ones…

American

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If a casting breakdown said 'All-American Type' or 'Lead Role,' I knew they weren't thinking of me.

Breakdown

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I hope I get the chance to keep acting in great projects.

Acting

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I fell in love with acting while I was a student at UCLA.

Acting

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The most common things I would go out for would be, like, 'the Lab Technician' on a crime procedural, usually an expert…

Either

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My father was a small business owner. When I was growing up, he ran a one-hour photo store - back when there…

Back

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I majored in English with a specialization in creative writing along with Asian American Studies.

American

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Family time means so much to me.

Family

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When you write a memoir, and it's your life, and you're exposing things that are close to home, it's hard to see…

Hard

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One of the first jobs I did was a commercial, a local commercial on the Chinese channel here in Los Angeles, and…

Focus

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