American women Quote by Constance Wu

It's funny - when I started acting, I didn't know I was going to be talking about Asian-American issues so much. You know what,…

— Justin Chon

It's so refreshing when I walk in and see a bunch of Asian actresses all competing for the same role because it makes me…

— Lana Condor

Being able to work on a film like 'Crazy Rich Asians' as your first role is phenomenal.

— Henry Golding

I've always been very passionate about trying to have Asian-Americans or Asian faces be more prominent in mainstream media.

— Eric Nam

I knew that [director/screenwriter] Catalina Aguilar Mastretta had an amazing take on the female psyche and the modern woman and the modern immigrant woman…

— Karla Souza

I was raised on Hong Kong movies with Asian stars, so I'm still learning about Hollywood underrepresenting certain people.

— Henry Golding

I had a meeting a while back with a big group of women - actors and producers and writers - who are all ethnic…

— Zawe Ashton

Since I was a baby my goal was to be on TV because film was just impossible - you never got any Asian women…

— Archie Panjabi

A lot of people don't know the passion I have for Asian American cinema.

— Ken Jeong

We are in a diversity age. I talk about the lack of diversity for black Americans, but what about the Asian Americans? You don't…

— Mike Colter

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model…

— Joan Chen

I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities, and I'm proud to be a…

— Freida Pinto