Ronny Chieng

I like to think we're all the sum of our experiences, so no one has my perspective.

— Ronny Chieng

American comic Bill Burr makes me laugh a lot.

— Ronny Chieng

I think when people talk about race relations in America, they talk about African-American and white people. Asians are not often brought…

— Ronny Chieng

I'm made of dead stars, I eat a lot of fruits, and I hate peak period travel, as opposed to my character…

— Ronny Chieng

I always take things too seriously.

— Ronny Chieng

When you do comedy shows, you usually don't finish until about 11 P.M. Then you have this adrenaline dump, and you get…

— Ronny Chieng

You don't need to go far to see the hatred and abuse that happens online. Even using social media is anti-social because…

— Ronny Chieng

I'm the worst night owl, because I'm a self-loathing night owl who thinks, 'No, I should be getting up early.' It feels…

— Ronny Chieng

My approach to comedy is that whenever it comes to me, I write it. With 'The Daily Show,' you have to write…

— Ronny Chieng

America is the NBA of culture. So to have Asian people in the biggest entertainment market in the world, in Hollywood, is…

— Ronny Chieng

Japan is the only country I have visited that I want to go to again. I just feel the Japanese have such…

— Ronny Chieng

I got heckled off stage in Western Australia at a music festival once.

— Ronny Chieng

I don't want to ever tell a stereotype joke for the sake of it. I'm going to tell the story that I…

— Ronny Chieng

When I first came to Australia, one thing that struck me was how everything closed early. Singapore is very much a 24/7…

— Ronny Chieng

We didn't really have vacations when I was a child.

— Ronny Chieng

Melbourne City is an awesome city. You can get everything: You can get open air. You can get city life. You can…

— Ronny Chieng

Underwear shouldn't hurt. If it hurts, you gotta change.

— Ronny Chieng

'The Daily Show' forced me out of my comfort zone.

— Ronny Chieng

The way Singaporeans talk is they use less words.

— Ronny Chieng

I come from the corporate world, where everyone has a five-year plan, but performing arts doesn't work that way; you just kinda…

— Ronny Chieng

I joined a campus competition, as I felt I could do comedy, and I won. Then I started doing standup gigs in…

— Ronny Chieng

I usually say something if I hear someone I know saying something I think is racist with malicious intent.

— Ronny Chieng

You just have to tell your authentic stories, and hopefully, it resonates. Whatever your story is, you just have to tell it…

— Ronny Chieng

If I'm not touring, I wake up late - 10, 11 A.M. - and one of my favorite things is to go…

— Ronny Chieng

If you go to Japan, you have to take the train and go visit different capital cities. Just sticking to one city…

— Ronny Chieng