Everything Quote by Jimmy O. Yang

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

I have an accent, I'm limited, I have to play foreign parts - I would love to play American parts but I can't because…

— Olivier Martinez

I played a Siamese girl from Thailand. I played an Arabian girl. I did a lot of American Indians. I never, ever was able…

— Rita Moreno

I'm mixed race - my dad's Caucasian, and my mom's Mexican - so I want to play anything and everything, from American to Latino,…

— Lela Loren

If you're in America a lot, it's easy to get into playing American. All of it, the sounds, the energies, all very different. But…

— Emily Blunt

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 was always asked to play roles where I was the contrasting or multicultural character. Sometimes that worked for me - often it didn't.

— Katy Jurado

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

I have played Polynesian. I have played an Arabian girl. I played an East Indian girl. And what was so confusing about that, which…

— Rita Moreno

I was trying to find ways of not being pigeon-holed like that. I didn't want to be tied down by my accent. I wanted…

— Carey Mulligan

Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.

— Mia Wasikowska

I am Indian-American, but I often play ethnically ambiguous roles.

— Tiya Sircar