Asian Quote by Jacki Weaver

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

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

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

— Jimmy O. Yang

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

Ang Lee and 'Hulk,' for instance - a movie about a guy with different-colored skin and a lot of repressed rage? Sounds like the…

— Justin Lin

I hope my daughter will be able to see shows starring Asian people that has nothing to do with an Asian story.

— Ruthie Ann Miles

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies,…

— Nicolas Cage

I think that's what we need more of: Asian-Americans on movie screens and TV screens where they're normalized. Where it's not about them being…

— Arden Cho

I don't want to be super aggressive, but I think it's an issue that the population of America isn't reflected accurately in a lot…

— Ross Butler

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

I didn't see myself in Jia Jhangke or Wong Kar-Wai films. Those are Asian filmmakers, and I very much am an American filmmaker.

— Lulu Wang

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