Acting Quote by Lauren Tom

I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese in the films.

— Daniel Wu

Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of place as…

— Ming-Na Wen

There were definitely auditions and even bookings and jobs where I played your typical Asian model minority: an IT tech guy or something of…

— Manny Jacinto

I've played roles that aren't expected of an Asian.

— John Cho

I feel very fortunate, I've been exposed to a lot of different cultures. If I wasn't from a multi-ethnic background, I wouldn't have had…

— Navi Rawat

When I started acting... the community was largely Chinese-American or Japanese-American, so even then I felt like a minority in the minority.

— John Cho

Since I was a baby my goal was to be on TV because film was just impossible - you never got any Asian women…

— Archie Panjabi

I always felt that just being an actor is difficult. Being an Asian-American actor doesn't make it more difficult. I see it as an…

— Keiko Agena

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model…

— Joan Chen

Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.

— Zhou Xun

Years ago, there was one Asian person in a soap and the entire Asian acting community was going for that role. Now, you can…

— Mandip Gill

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