Asian Quote by Bella Poarch

Growing up, there were stereotypes being put onto me as an Asian person that I had no control over, and that made me extremely…

— Michelle Zauner

Growing up around people with the same culture as me made me a lot tougher.

— Cher Lloyd

I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what it was…

— Tess Gerritsen

I first visited the Philippines when I was 29. I thought I would feel at home there, but I felt more out of place…

— Alex Tizon

I tried my hardest to be the opposite of a stereotypical Asian student.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I always felt that I wasn't as American as Americans and then I realised when I got back to the Philippines that I was…

— Maria Ressa

I grew up very American but also fully Asian.

— Lana Condor

I grew up in a well-to-do, educated family, but I was treated like the lesser kid.

— Mallika Sherawat

There was a stage when I was a little embarrassed about my Asian upbringing.

— Henry Golding

Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of place as…

— Ming-Na Wen

I think it was hard for people to cast me as an ethnic, as an Asian American woman.

— Chloe Bennet

As a child, I didn't even realize I was Chinese. I was Singaporean, but my identity was wrapped up in the culture I was…

— Kevin Kwan