Asian american Quote by Daniel Wu Download Open image “It's not at all my objective to become an Asian-American star.” — Daniel Wu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Asian american Astronomy Become Goals Objective Star
When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I just want… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
I always felt that just being an actor is difficult. Being an Asian-American actor doesn't make it more difficult. I see it as an… — Keiko Agena Copy Share Image
Because I sidestepped all the stereotypical roles, in a way I've made a career out of not being Asian - a lot of my… — John Cho Copy Share Image
I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese in the films. — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
There was never a point where I thought, 'I'm going to do something Asian American.' — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles. — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
Even if you look at 'American Idol,' or 'X-Factor,' or 'The Voice' or anything, it was always difficult to see an Asian or an… — Eric Nam Copy Share Image
I've never been more aware of my Asianness and femaleness than working in Hollywood. — Lana Condor Copy Share Image
I think it was hard for people to cast me as an ethnic, as an Asian American woman. — Chloe Bennet Copy Share Image
I didn't go to America to be a star, but to try to reclaim my life. — Lysette Anthony Copy Share Image
I'm a singer and working on my second album. I write and produce. There is so much more that satisfies me. So there's not… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
For us as Asian-Americans, I think the bane of our existence is one stereotype - 'Sixteen Candles,' the Long Duk Dong character. — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese in the films. — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that as well -… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
For most normal people, deadlifts stretch your hamstrings, but in my case, it tightened them, because I was already very flexible. — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor,… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
For Cantonese - because there's no standardized pinyin system - I have to have someone read it to me, and then I rewrite the… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I went to Hong Kong in '97 to witness the handover after graduating university, and then I was gonna backpack around Asia and then… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the big screen. — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I wanted to try every style available to me - large productions, small productions, studio films, low-budget. You just can't sit around and wait… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
“Why I am Passionate and Dedicated 1000% to producing and bringing my books Loving Summer, Bitter Frost, and other book series to the Screen… — Kailin Gow Copy Share Image
The narrative needs to change. Asian-American actresses don't want to be the damsels in distress anymore. We don't want to be saved, especially by… — Jamie Chung Copy Share Image
I have been called racist slurs and been treated differently because I am Asian American. — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with two stars… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Asian American success is often presented as something of a horror - robotic, unfeeling machines psychotically hellbent on excelling, products of abusive tiger parenting… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
My heritage is something that I have always been aware of, however, some would say that there is a disproportionately low number of Asians… — Nathan Adrian Copy Share Image
I ended up going into the Master's program for Asian-American studies at UCLA, in part because I was passionate about it, but also because… — Randall Park Copy Share Image
Nationally, more than one million Asian American entrepreneurs create jobs in their communities, helping fuel local commerce. In New York, we have seen firsthand… — Nydia Velazquez Copy Share Image
“The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never… — Monique Truong Copy Share Image
“My nose does not look like Barbie's nose and that's perfectly fine.” — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate: I'm a woman; I'll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate;… — Mazie Hirono Copy Share Image
My dad was a very unconventional Asian American man. He was very much not quiet, not shy, not passive. If he had to fart,… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
