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I'm just a quirky, funny dude.
I love everyone on 'Silicon Valley.'
Normal people don't become stand-up comedians.
It's a fine line between hack and good comedy.
I just want to keep working and have a roof over my head.
Maybe my job on this planet is to make the Asian accent sexy.
When I was on the playground, people were calling me Jackie Chan.
I tried my hardest to be the opposite of a stereotypical Asian student.
When I became an American citizen, nothing's changed because I'm still Asian.
I'm generally pretty excited about new gadgets, new tech, A.I., stuff like that.
My dad played my dad in 'Patriots Day' and that's why he thinks that's a good movie.
It comes from within to not be ashamed of our brothers and sisters who have accents.
I tried a bunch of things, like Jiu Jitsu boxing classes. I don't know why, but I did.
I was competitive ping-pong player. I played in youth tournaments, under the age of 13.
I was actually fairly athletic and coordinated, but I never played any organized sports.
Nate Dogg is my favorite artist. I cried more when he passed than when Michael Jackson did.
I worked at Big 5 Sporting Goods, selling shoes and stuff like that, for a couple of summers.
Why is it when a white actor or even a black actor does a British accent, it's considered art?
I went back to Hong Kong for the first time in 17 years and I was culture shocked in Hong Kong.
It's maybe a better thought to change the perception of an accent than to avoid it all together.
My mom worked as a manager at a high-end fashion place, so she was always a pretty stylish woman.
Nico Santos I've known from Bay Area stand-up, and he lives right by me so we hang out all the time.
Comedy and drama are like two different sports; they both require athleticism but they're different.
I came to this country when I was 13 years old, I couldn't really speak English, and I had an accent.
To get noticed you need to work a lot and have a bit of luck. And I'm here to say that it's possible.
I tried to be a rapper. I tried to make beats before I got into comedy, and that's still one of my hobbies.
Just because I don't speak English with an accent anymore doesn't mean that I'm better than the people who do.
With a lot of pop music, they just have one song and a good beat, but there's not necessarily that much talent.
I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside.
My Chinese name is Man Shing which means 'ten thousand success.' It's a name that's sure to set me up for failure.
I'm a big Clippers fan. I have season tickets to the Clippers. That's the only team I really root for in any sport.
It's so great when there's a catchy song that's fun and easy to listen to, but there's also a real artist behind it.
If you think about writing a book, or when I did, it seems daunting, but when I began writing, it just started flowing.
I went to school for economics, and especially in Asian culture it's not really a viable job for my family to be an artist.
One of my first big paychecks, I used it to buy a Rolex. I bought a used 1968 vintage Rolex. I was too cheap to buy a new one.
I'm excited to share my experience as an immigrant assimilating to a new country and an outsider stumbling my way into Hollywood.
But I try to play everything very authentically, even if it is an accented immigrant, Jian Yang, that I play on 'Silicon Valley.'
But my comedy hero was Stephen Chow. His deadpan comedy, all the stuff he wrote like 'From Beijing with Love,' it's incredibly funny.
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.
When I quit my internship and started doing standup to pursue my dreams and do that full time - I feel like that's when I 'Americaned.'
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.
I don't read in Chinese very well. Google Translate helps with that. It's cool that I can upload a photo and translate the text from it.
Whatever ethnicity you are, yes, absolutely you have to be proud of who you are man. I am really really proud to be Asian, I got to say.
When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to stand up comedy, actually.
I was first introduced to Kiesza when I saw her perform 'Hideaway' on Jimmy Kimmel's show. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.
I think you have to experience life and then pull certain experiences into your act and your character's life, whoever you play, so you're full.
When I was graduating college with an economics degree, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I was kind of scared. So I was just trying everything.
The great thing about the comedy world is that everybody is somewhat of an outsider. That's the community where outsiders feel like they're insiders.
As far as stand-up, a lot of Asians and Chinese are not as apt to stand-up, especially the older generation since they don't even know what stand-up is.
Silicon Valley,' I mean, the comedy is amazing, and it's one of the best-written shows with some of the best talent. I'm really happy to be a part of it.