Am Quote by Sung Kang

Prior to 'Tokyo Drift,' the iconic perception of Asians in Hollywood films has been either the Kung Fu guy, the Yakuza guy or some…

— Sung Kang

I'd like to see more Asian-American roles where the ethnicity of the character can be swapped to another. We can, of course, play the…

— Karen Fukuhara

I love Jet Li, but he looks very Chinese, and his English is Chinese-accented. He wouldn't have been the right guy to play a…

— Barry Eisler

I was so tired of the parts I had to play. There seems little for me in Hollywood, because, rather than real Chinese, producers…

— Anna May Wong

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

— Hiro Murai

I was so glad that I was able to use my skills of speaking Chinese in a film where the character is Chinese, because…

— Fala Chen

The next movie will be in Mandarin. I enjoyed shooting all the Japanese stuff in Kill Bill so much that this whole film will…

— Quentin Tarantino

I believe that we are still hovering around the realm of Asians playing all types of Asians. I do not see that changing any…

— Steven Yeun

The new fans of Japan won’t be Orientalists, but they will be anime-savvy.

— Morinosuke Kawaguchi

I feel like it's a bit of a misconception that all actors have to be expert martial artists if they're Asian.

— Simu Liu

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

I suppose I do the Japanese because I just don't know China. Chinese popular culture has never evoked that instant of, "Whoah! What's that?"…

— William Gibson