Been Quote by Barry Eisler

Pre-'Tokyo Drift,' I was like: 'Am I gonna play Yakuza #1 and Chinese Waiter #2 for the rest of my life? Is America even…

— Sung Kang

I understand the whole constant foreigner stereotype, but for me it's important to portray immigrant characters like Jian-Yang and Danny Meng with humanity.

— Jimmy O. Yang

Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do…

— Jet Li

When a Spanish actor does an accent, that's sexy. When Peter Sellers did a French accent in 'Pink Panther,' that's funny - he got…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Other Asian actors, especially American-born actors, sometimes shy away from immigrant roles.

— Jimmy O. Yang

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

— Randall Park

Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do,…

— Jet Li

I think, because of my background, which is slightly more exotic than the average British actor, I think, I sort of occupied this little…

— Alfred Molina

I was so glad that I was able to use my skills of speaking Chinese in a film where the character is Chinese, because…

— Fala Chen

Prior to 'Tokyo Drift,' the iconic perception of Asians in Hollywood films has been either the Kung Fu guy, the Yakuza guy or some…

— Sung Kang

As a Korean American, I grew up yearning to see actors that looked like me. On the rare occasions I saw an Asian celebrity,…

— Crystal Hana Kim

I feel like it's a bit of a misconception that all actors have to be expert martial artists if they're Asian.

— Simu Liu