Asian Quote by Tiya Sircar

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

— John Cho

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

The 'ER' role was not Asian-specific, and my agent knew that I loved the show.

— Ming-Na Wen

It's very hard, you know, for an Asian actor to be in a prime-time television series.

— Sammo Hung

Kim's' gave me my first opportunity to portray an Asian character with significant story arcs and subtleties that most Western Asian actors can only…

— Simu Liu

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

There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.

— Constance Wu

If you take a step back, you realize that the TV landscape really has been... There have been some amazing shows in terms of…

— Nahnatchka Khan

Asians narratively in shows are insignificant. They're the cop or the waitress or whatever it is. You see them in the background.

— John Cho

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

People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into…

— Aasif Mandvi

Thinking back on it, I just really didn't have very many role models to look up to when it came to Asian actresses. And…

— Kimiko Glenn