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“I think obviously the 'Harold and Kumar' stuff is trying to lean head first into the raunch.”

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What was exciting to me in talking to Kogonada was I was just very convinced that he was a very real and pure artist.…

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I didn't think it was possible for Asians to be actors.

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There was a while where every role I was getting offered was extremely noble - like the judge or the kindly nurse.

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I don't know if I trust entertainment to teach anyone anything.

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With music I get to feel real ownership with what I do. I write it, I perform it and even if it is crap,…

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I've found that one's language abilities, especially for Korean kids like me, get frozen at the age you immigrated. So I've always associated Korea…

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It's really weird to be in more than one franchise because an actor's life is so nomadic, and so it's a real privilege to…

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I feel like there's this need that the Asian-American community has to feel like people. It's something that Asians in Asia do not understand…

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Not sleeping, listening to Paul Auster on Fresh Air. His function, tonight and ever, has been to remind me that I will die. Thanks…

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Conversely, the most powerful thing an actor can say is "no." If something is presented and it's a stereotypical role or something, you can…

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For a while, I was feeling like I was always playing characters that weren't specifically Korean or specifically Asian, even - that they were…

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I hereby call for the execution of the person who designed the layout of rite aid stores.

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