Words matter. These are the best Henry Golding Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Timeless wearability has always appealed to me.
You can hit the proverbial roof at certain areas in the industry unless you venture out. And I never really set out in my career to stay in one place. I wanted to go out and try new things. Luckily, I’ve had that opportunity.
Everybody’s had problems with their family. Everybody’s had the pressures of finding the right love or not loving the right person because other people say so.
Kids are ruthless.
The only reason I left the salon was really to chase these dreams of either being an MTV host or a travel host. I loved the idea of doing something fun and interesting for a living, and that is what got me over to Malaysia.
There was a stage when I was a little embarrassed about my Asian upbringing.
People look to cinema to spread the word and to tell these wonderful, outrageous stories or true-to-life documentaries.
I always have three or four suits; there’s always an engagement to wear something from a suit.
Growing up in Malaysia, there wasn’t really a problem with representation. We saw faces like ours on screen because Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, China and Hong Kong all have their own film markets. It was only until I went back to the U.K. when I realized, ‘Where did all these faces go?’
I loved early Paul Newman films. He just had this effortless charm.
I feel more Asian than anything.
I grew up in Asia. I was born in Asia.
Constance Wu is so dedicated, Anna Kendrick is ridiculously funny, and Blake Lively is magnetic.
When the success of ‘Crazy Rich’ hit, it’s like everybody knows exactly who you are, and the way that they speak to you is different. I’ve stayed the same throughout. It’s just people’s perception of you changes.
I’m neither half white nor half Asian. I’m full both.
I’ve been to every single Asian country apart from Myanmar, on work, listening to human interest stories, giving me a broad outlook on all Asian cultures.
I was born in the jungles of Borneo.
No one knows the three-dimensional story of who I am. Or anyone is.
Michelle Yeoh is the biggest amazing female Asian star in the universe.
I just couldn’t live without other cultures’ cuisines.
I want to tell amazing stories that inspire, that bring you out of your reality, give you dreams to be bigger and better than yourself. Hopefully, I can be that conduit.
The one thing that I learned very young was to own my identity. And, I knew, I’m Asian through and through. There’s nothing I needed to prove.
There’s so many places, personally, that I would love as a film fan to explore.
I don’t want to get stuck in romantic comedy.
Never feeling really at home in any one country is always challenging. You realise that you have to lean on yourself and to own it.
I’m going to be testing waters in all genres.
The joy of tasting different cultures is it gives you a broad perspective, and you don’t judge people from stereotypical characters you see in films.
I know a little bit of fisticuffs.
You need to take pride in where you’re from.
My background is in broadcast television – I used to be a travel host for BBC, Discovery, and National Geographic.
We had a very strict upbringing.
You can have Asians being leading men that are sex symbols. You can have leading women powering through.
I’ve lived 16, 17 years of my life in Asia, and that’s most of my life. I was born in Asia – I’ve lived cultures that are synonymous with Asian culture – but it’s still not Asian enough for some people.
I’m here to carve out a strong career in the leading-man space.
I don’t want to be defined as the Asian leading man. I want to be the leading man. Henry Golding.
I’ve lived so many different Asian cultures.
I would love to be in ‘Star Wars.’
Bali is the sort of place where you can walk down the street and find something picturesque.
I’m super confident in who I am.
It was quite strange that people were saying I wasn’t Asian enough. It’s like, ‘Oh, you’re not Asian enough to play an Asian role.’ So what does that mean for people who come from mixed heritage? I grew up in Asia; I’m Malaysian.
I’m really up for the challenge physically to go into sci-fi action, thinking-man’s action.
Luckily, I’ve got a great wife who keeps me in check, who keeps me grounded.
Some people don’t even say hello. They come up and say, ‘Can I take your picture?’ and I’m, like, ‘Why?’ And they say, ‘Oh, you’re that guy.’ And I’m, like, ‘Why do you want a photo of me if you don’t even know my name?’
I was a hairstylist in London up until the age of 21, working in Sloane Square.
I was very lucky: a lot of people go through the college system not knowing what they want to do. Thankfully my parents were very supportive of my choices and pretty much gave me free reign.
Movies were the one thing that I loved my entire life. So I always knew that I wanted to get into acting – I just didn’t know when.
I get along so well with my wife’s mom.
I have an obscene fascination with cats… It’s kind of embarrassing. But they’re so cute.
You can try to justify how Asian you are, but you’re never going to make everybody happy.
Singapore is one of the greatest places in the world.
There’s no real test of how Asian you need to be to be able to own your Asianness, and it’s always going to be an area of contention.
Ang Lee – he is amazing. I think doing a film with him would be breathtaking.
You could say mixed-race Eurasians have the exact same struggles as a character like Rachel Chu has had: not feeling at home in supposedly their motherland; not being white enough; not being Asian enough.
Bali is one of those places you can just keep going back to, and everything is there: the infrastructure, the culture, the art, the beautiful villas. My wife Liv and I go there quite often because we know that when we do arrive, it’s like an instant holiday.
I would love to be in a Bond movie.
I’ve been a huge Cartier fan from my very early days.
Being able to work on a film like ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ as your first role is phenomenal.
Every one of us at some point in our lives has had the struggle with identity.
That freaks me out more than anything, the repercussions of success in this industry.
YouTube is my university.
A lot of people say, ‘I gotta win my awards.’ I just wanna make great movies.
Jon Chu is an absolute genius with his story-weaving.
When it comes to Eurasians, are we not allowed to embrace either one of our cultures we feel more attached to? Or decide within ourselves that I am Asian and I am proud to be Asian?
We’ve all been that young love, trying to impress the in-laws or having these crazy cousins that we’re related to by blood – we can’t choose them as sort of friends, but they’re there.
In ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ Singapore will be seen as it should be seen, without CGI, without the altering of the images to be more Chinese – a representation of Singapore as we know it and love it.
Making something the norm is the only way of not making it a talking point.