My Chinese name is Man Shing which means 'ten thousand success.' It's a name that's sure to set me up for failure.
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I was actually fairly athletic and coordinated, but I never played any organized sports.
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Usually when you're Asian and you're on set, you're the only Asian there. Either you're the token Asian or you're the Asian sidekick.
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With a lot of pop music, they just have one song and a good beat, but there's not necessarily that much talent.
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My Chinese name is Man Shing which means 'ten thousand success.' It's a name that's sure to set me up for failure.
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When a Spanish actor does an accent, that's sexy. When Peter Sellers did a French accent in 'Pink Panther,' that's funny - he got nominated for a Golden Globe. How come whenever an Asian actor does an accent, he's stereotyping?
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I've heard other actors saying they don't want to play a character with an accent at all. To me, that's kind of an insult to somebody like me who did have an accent.
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When 'Chappelle's Show' came out, if you didn't watch it on Wednesday night, you had nothing to talk about in high school the next day.
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Certain stories, like my mom leaving when I was 15-years-old to go back to China because she didn't quite assimilate like we did, that was a moment that was very sad in my life.
