American Quote by Ross Butler

I wanted to try to create characters that happen to be Asian but who are pretty different from those we generally see in our…

— Adrian Tomine

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

There were so few examples of Asian or Asian-American lead characters on American TV or even in the movies. And the ones that have…

— Randall Park

I'm not the Asian kid of 'Riverdale;' I'm Reggie, and I just happen to be Chinese.

— Ross Butler

I sense a kind of fear of writing black or Asian characters from non-ethnic writers, who perhaps feel that they don't know the culture…

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

I don't have an answer for why Hollywood still casts non-ethnic people for ethnic roles. It's something that has to change. Sometimes they'll write…

— Adam Beach

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

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

— Eugene Lee Yang

In Hollywood, I was never restricted to just one Asian character. I've been cast as a Chinese, a Vietnamese, a Korean, a Japanese and…

— Dante Basco

In British TV, if there is an Asian character, there usually has to be a reason for them to be Asian, whereas in America,…

— Jessica Henwick

The narrative needs to change. Asian-American actresses don't want to be the damsels in distress anymore. We don't want to be saved, especially by…

— Jamie Chung

I have been extremely proactive in putting myself up for characters that may have been meant to specifically be Caucasian. You bring an interesting…

— Archie Panjabi