When I was with PSV Eindhoven in Holland, some people still thought Asian players weren’t good enough to play in Europe. It’s always good to rise to the challenge and prove them wrong. When I first came to United, I had to prove my ability again.
My parents were unconventional for Asian parents.
I’ve played roles that aren’t expected of an Asian.
Yeah, I didn’t ever think about music as a career. Like, it was never – it’s just something like an extracurricular activity that my mom put me in. And as every South Asian, you know, like, child, I was like – oh, OK, I can do medicine.
Given that trade benefited the Asian economies on the way up, it seems natural that the slowdown in global trade, whatever its causes, could lead to some loss of dynamism and growth in the region.
Asian men specifically have not been portrayed as the leading man or sex symbol.
Think of all the different features from Asian to African to Aboriginal to Caucasian. But we are all within the same species, Homo Sapiens.
My first Asian role model was Michelle Kwan. Her beauty comes from within. She’s also really beautiful on the outside. But when I first saw her ice-skate, her performance was so moving and beautiful that she just glowed.
I can change my appearance by doing simple things. People ask, ‘What’s your ethnicity? Are you part Asian? I can’t figure you out.’ That gives me range with the roles I play.
I try to take roles that don’t fall within the parameters of any Asian stereotype.
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 the entertainment field. You don’t get it both ways.
I think that it’d be nice for other Asians to support other Asian artists and help each other instead of pull each other down.
I was always the freaky Asian girl who drew these weird-looking Barbie dolls in class.
Seattle has a long tradition of celebrating local and non-local art – from the Burke and Seattle Art Museums to the Asian Art Museum.
If someone’s personality is ‘punch an Asian grandma,’ it’s not a dialogue. I have an Asian grandma. You want to punch her? There ain’t no common ground, mama.
There aren’t many Asian players in Europe or the Premier League, so that’s more attention for me.
The only thing I know about being Asian is that my hair is black and my eyelashes are straight and I have strange eyebrows.
Casting me as King Arthur was quite bold of ‘Spamalot’s producers, although it has been historically proved Arthur was Asian, and that Sunday trading started with Asians in 11th-century Britain.
A lot of Asians and Asian-Americans have liver problems. If you basically ask anybody who is Asian, they or one of their relatives will have some sort of a liver issue, and the liver actually falls into the jurisdiction of the gastroenterologist.
Perhaps the strongest signal of reengagement with Southeast Asia was the U.S.’s accession to the Southeast Asian Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.
Every community should have a superhero. And the truth is, for many of us in the Asian community, we didn’t grow up with that.
A symbol in Chinese Buddhism is the lotus plant, which regenerates every year, symbolizing life, renewal, and the Buddha himself. Actually it is used in many Asian religions including Hinduism. Few people think of it as food even though it is used as an ingredient all the time.
I’m Asian, and I’m an actress, and I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager, so if anyone understands the conversation about misrepresentation and underrepresentation, it’s me. I live and breathe it; this is my life.
I think being an Asian woman has been more of an advantage than a disadvantage. It helps me stand out from the rest of the entertainers out there. Again, being from such an ethnically diverse place like New York, you get comfortable and confident with being different!
The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully.
God has a team. It’s made up of African-American, Anglo, Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, and a variety of other people and cultures. He never wants you to make your distinction, your history, or your background so precious to you that it messes up His team.
I never considered myself as part of a biracial family – we’re just a family – but my parents are white, and my brother is Asian.
As an Asian guy, I would love to see a big blockbuster with Asian lead characters.
I turned down a lot of parts, and I ate a lot of canned tuna for dinner because I was just like, ‘No, I don’t want to do that; no, that’s awful.’ But sticking to my guns paid off, and I can look back now and be proud that I refused to take any stereotypical Asian parts.
By playing in the street, the level of Asian football can absolutely improve, as you will get more technical players. They will be quicker, more creative, and after succeeding in the street, it will be a piece of cake for them to do well eleven a side.
I’ve done a lot of books with Asian antecedents to them – some of my fantasy novels have been that way, and certainly in the ‘Battletech’ universe, there’s a lot of Asian culture in that.
Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining.
You’d see Asian faces on TV, but it was so rare, especially in the comedy space – that for me was Ken Jeong doing stand-up… it’s amazing that I can call him a friend now and a colleague.
