People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.
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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.
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The more you know about somebody's back story, the deeper you can delve into that well, and the more your comedic choices resonate full-body instead of just being quick, quippy one-liners that are just like a bunch of people trying to be clever. Because after a while, cleverness is just really obnoxious!
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If the expression of and advocating for your values makes you lose a job or a person, then that person/job sorta just... wasn't your heart's tribe.
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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.
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I was emotional. I wanted to be taken seriously. I was pretty emo. I was reciting Shakespeare monologues when I was 10. I still know the whole 'To be, or not to be...' monologue, because I knew it when I was 10.
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Everyone's going to fail at some point. Even if you choose the steadiest career, you're going to go through that.
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I feel like I could carry a movie or a show, and I'll mess up here and there, and I'll learn from those things.
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You're never going to please everyone, and if you do, there's something wrong.