Steven Yeun Quotes

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• Many people, not just Asians, are more concerned with hustling and getting to meetings with contacts to gain success.
• People think that Detroit is this barren wasteland. While there are parts that are not as nice as others, the misconception is not true. It…
• I'm good at keeping secrets, but if it's not something super serious I usually tell people not to tell me because I'll tell someone else.
• I'm not much of a horror fan. When it comes to ghost stuff and demon stuff, I can't watch that.
• I'm stupidly curious. I will go and touch anything until I find out that it's very harmful.
• At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.
• I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we…
• What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and…
• I was raised in a Christian household and heard a lot of praise music, so that's what helps me get to an emotional place.
• If you work in Chicago in the improv scene, anyone is happy for you if you get a job.
• I'm Korean-American. Not Colombian. My parents are first-generation, and I'm like in-between, because I moved over here when I was four or five.
• I am a huge Pistons fan. Those were some of my best times in college, watching the Detroit Pistons.
• I felt like I've needed to ask my parents up until about four years ago about everything. They have helped me tremendously, I came out…
• I grew up in Michigan, so I played hockey, football and basketball. I played a little bit of lacrosse, too. My brother played more lacrosse…
• Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help you in acting.…
• Well, my parents originally wanted me to become a doctor - that's why I was in school; I was pre-med, and I graduated with a…
• I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life circumstances coming out.…
• Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball…
• I was a psych major in college and I actually owned two white lab rats. I had to train them and I took them home…
• I believe that we are still hovering around the realm of Asians playing all types of Asians. I do not see that changing any time…

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