American Quote by Lulu Wang

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

— Jackie Chan

I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he…

— Rain

It's very difficult to be asking other people for opportunities. It is much more empowering to be creating opportunities, to be the one who…

— Daniel Dae Kim

There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock.

— Fred Tomaselli

I'm most concerned with committing to characters that contribute to more complex, modern and dynamic Asian-American representation on screen.

— Eugene Lee 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've always been very passionate about trying to have Asian-Americans or Asian faces be more prominent in mainstream media.

— Eric Nam

I wish reporters were more in tune to the difference between the Asian experience and the Asian-American experience. I think often they lump the…

— Constance Wu

I have to also get into producing if I want to see these stories being made... Let's venture out and do projects with people…

— Letitia Wright

I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, but they've never taken center stage, they've never been…

— Tess Gerritsen

When I was writing stories about Chinese American characters in my fiction classes, I'd get comments like, 'You should consider writing more universal stories.'…

— Jenny Zhang

Every time I do something, I think, 'Am I portraying Asian people in the way I want to be portrayed?'

— Ronny Chieng