Elementary school Quote by Karrueche Tran

I think growing up, I didn't ever attempt to define my Koreanness. It was just this intrinsic part of me.

— Michelle Zauner

Growing up where I was, there were no Asians, no minorities, and there was always something to remind me of what I'm not. And…

— Lee Isaac Chung

I wasn't sure if I wanted to put that out there so blatantly, so that before you listen to me you know that I'm…

— Priscilla Ahn

Culturally, I'm not 100 percent Korean. I'm very mixed and very open.

— CL

I've lived so many different Asian cultures.

— Henry Golding

I was born and raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, which as you can imagine, was not the most diverse place to grow up…

— Eric Nam

I come from Oregon, which is this super-white state, so I didn't really have a lot of Asian friends in high school and college.…

— Nico Santos

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.

— Robert Morgan

I grew up very American but also fully Asian.

— Lana Condor

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

— John Cho

I think there's a misconception that all Asian-American experiences are the same. My experiences with my family and the way they wanted me to…

— Lana Condor

You're trying to grow up, and you don't want to be like your parents, and that gets mixed up with being Korean... They brought…

— John Cho