America Quote by Ross Butler

There are no Asian leading men in Hollywood. There's not an Asian Ryan Gosling or an Asian Brad Pitt.

— Ross Butler

As a community, we're fighting for Asians to play Asian roles. And then there's the other battle, which is Asian Americans playing roles that…

— Ross Butler

In Hollywood, there's not a ton of roles for Asian people. So a lot of it is waiting and waiting and waiting.

— Hong Chau

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

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

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

— Hiro Murai

It's funny - when I started acting, I didn't know I was going to be talking about Asian-American issues so much. You know what,…

— Justin Chon

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

There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian character in a leading role or unless…

— Kimiko Glenn

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

Frankly, I find it very odd that, in a population that's more than 50 per cent of women, that Hollywood isn't producing more movies…

— Phyllida Lloyd

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them…

— Roger Ebert