Asian american Quote by Eugene Lee Yang

I wanted to try to create characters that happen to be Asian but who are pretty different from those we generally see in our…

— Adrian Tomine

The fact that I'm able to portray these complex, fully realized, queer Asian characters? I never thought it would be in this position. You…

— Nico Santos

I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, but they've never taken center stage, they've never been…

— Tess Gerritsen

I'd like to see more Asian-American roles where the ethnicity of the character can be swapped to another. We can, of course, play the…

— Karen Fukuhara

There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.

— Constance Wu

I think that a lot of actors of color have said that it's a wonderful thing to play a role that doesn't have a…

— Hong Chau

People obsess about casting and representation, but really, all the real work is behind the camera. Casting an Asian American into a bad role…

— Ali Wong

I've shied away from playing Asian characters. if you look back, I'm playing characters that have no relevance to my ethnicity.

— Jessica Henwick

It's really taking a while but I do think it's becoming more acceptable to cast Asians in roles that weren't originally slated for someone…

— Lucy Liu

In Hollywood, I was never restricted to just one Asian character. I've been cast as a Chinese, a Vietnamese, a Korean, a Japanese and…

— Dante Basco

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

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