Asian Quote by Justin Lin

As an Asian guy, I would love to see a big blockbuster with Asian lead characters.

— Hiro Murai

'Crazy Rich Asians' has been compared to 'Black Panther,' but I feel like that's a false equivalency. The idea that there's only this film…

— Sonoya Mizuno

One of the ways [racism] pops up is when they turn a comic into a live-action movie and there's this temptation to make Asian…

— Gene Luen Yang

My dad and I would go to Blockbuster and look for Asian films and we could never find any. If we saw a Jackie…

— Fala Chen

The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

Growing up, my favorite movies were 'Forrest Gump,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'Gladiator' - none of them really had Asian leading men.

— Ross Butler

The first time I tried on Shang-Chi's superhero suit - Marvel has never had an Asian lead, so that was such a rare and…

— Simu Liu

It's always fun to see faces that are either familiar or resemble yours. I was fascinated by movies like 'Big Trouble in Little China'…

— Ng Chin Han

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

Prior to 'Tokyo Drift,' the iconic perception of Asians in Hollywood films has been either the Kung Fu guy, the Yakuza guy or some…

— Sung Kang

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

As a major feature film with Asian Americans in leading roles, 'Crazy Rich Asians' is important. We hope that this movie will be our…

— Crystal Hana Kim