Quotes by Jimmy O. Yang - Page 2

A lot of people go on this journey of finding themselves and then eventually realize that their true self wasn't on the outside but it's always been there.
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True Self
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I understand the whole constant foreigner stereotype, but for me it's important to portray immigrant characters like Jian-Yang and Danny Meng with humanity.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Stereotype
Danny
Foreigner
Portray
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My publicist actually told me about the book. She's half-Indian, half-Dutch, and she was like, 'You've got to do this book. It's called 'Crazy Rich Asians.''
Jimmy O. Yang /
Asians
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I think in China they have a camera for every street corner, and if you jaywalk, they don't give you a ticket. They put you on the big TV screen to shame you.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Corner
Street Corner
Ticket
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I know Asian actors out there won't even audition for a role that have an accent. But for me, I was the kid with an accent. I still have an accent to some degree.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Accent
Audition
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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.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Insult
Accent
Character Me Play
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Immigrant characters now are getting much more well-rounded, and they have personalities, which is important because we do need to portray immigrants in a humanizing way.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Immigrants
Well Rounded
Way Important More
Personalities
Portray
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That's what's great about standup comedy: the instant feedback. You get up on stage, you tell a joke, if it doesn't work, come back the next day with a better version of it.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Feedback
Instant
Work Great Better
Work Great Day
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I've learned to not have expectations. I think the first movie I did, I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm going to win an Oscar!' You can't do that, you're going to let yourself down.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Oh My God
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Mother always tries to buy things for a reasonable price. I was never allowed to buy things at full price. Probably, it's rooted in the Chinese mentality. We are very thrifty.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Chinese
Mentality
Mother
Reasonable
Rooted
Allowed
Buy
Always Never Mother
Full
Price
Tries
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I studied economics and thought I wanted to play with the stock market - my dad was a financial adviser - and I was going to go down that path. I was an intern at Smith Barney.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Adviser
Studied
Barney
Intern
Smith
Stock
Stock Market
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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.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Assimilate
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I spoke English when I moved to the U.S.A. but I had an accent. To get rid of it, I watched a lot of TV-shows and tried to repeat after the tv-hosts. I liked shows about hip-hop.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Accent
Repeat
Rid
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When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I just want to be an actor, I don't just want to be an Asian actor necessarily.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Asian
Americanized
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I went to college as an economics major because that was the easiest major that could still please your Asian parents, and then, much to their dismay, I became a stand-up comedian.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Asian
College
Comedian
Dismay
Please
Then
Much
Became
Could
Easiest
Parents
Major
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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.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Comedy
Faces
Tv
Rare
Friend
Colleague
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You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy. That was super rewarding. I want to do more of that and also my own writing.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Patriots
Rewarding
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For once in my life, I wanted to flaunt my Asian side instead of hiding it to fit as somebody else... 'Crazy Rich Asians' made me want to get in touch with my roots, instead of running away from them.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Hiding
Roots
Running Away
Life Me Crazy
Asians
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One of the hard things coming from an immigrant family - or any family that doesn't believe in the arts - is that you have to disappoint your parents. That's hard for people to do if you're a good kid.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Disappoint
Hard Things
Family Good Believe
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Growing up, my dad was 'get a real job, don't go pursuing your dreams, that's how you become homeless.' So, do I pick my family or do I pick my own happiness, and how much does my own happiness depend on my family?
Jimmy O. Yang /
Family
Happiness
Dad
Growing
Growing Up
Homeless
My Own
Real
Your Dreams
Job
Go
Much
Does
Own
Depend
How
Get A Real
How Much
Pick
Pursuing
Real Job
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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?
Jimmy O. Yang /
Asian
Golden
Peter
Sellers
Sexy
Accent
Globe
Golden Globe
Nominated
Panther
Pink
Spanish
Stereotyping
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I hope I can get to more and more of the Chinese audience and kind of lead the way to maybe, y'know, inspire seems like a big word, but y'know... inspire to get people into entertainment because I think we can be just as good as anybody else.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Inspire
Hope Good People
Anybody Else
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I have some scripts, I'm putting a couple of projects together with people I want to work with. I think that's the most exciting part, when you can hopefully create your own content and find the people that you love that you get to work with.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Scripts
Love Work Together
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My job is to go into that audition and be good enough of an Asian actor - or an actor in general - to land that role so they don't have to go out and hire a white guy. My job is to make sure I capitalize on these opportunities that other people created.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Good Enough People
Audition
Capitalize
Hire
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Look, to be honest, when certain movies like 'Ninja Assassin' came out, that had a sexy, sexy Asian man with a six-pack, that made some people think, 'Maybe I should go out there and date an Asian dude.' And that did pretty good for us in a way of representation.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Asian
Certain
Honest
Ninja
Representation
Sexy
Pretty
Came
Date
Dude
Maybe
Pretty Good
Some People
To Be Honest
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I don't know why people feel the need to do this to me, but my friend asked my dad, 'Aren't your proud of Jimmy now that he's a successful actor?' And my dad was like, 'No, not really. I wish he was a scientist.' I guess scientist is more noble in the Asian culture.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Jimmy
Noble
My Friend
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I was always pretty good with making deals. When I was in sixth grade, when Pokemon cards were hot, I might have started with, like, three or four cards, and then at the end of the year, through trading with my friends and everything, I ended up with the biggest card collection in my school.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Deals
Trading
Sixth
Card
Pretty Good
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I always have to brace myself when I visit my parents. My mom often greets me with a slew of nonconstructive criticisms: 'Jimmy, why is your face so fat? Your clothes look homeless and your long hair makes you look like a girl.' After 30 years of this, my self-image is now a fat homeless lesbian.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Clothes
Homeless
Jimmy
Long Hair
Fat
Criticisms
Lesbian
Self-Image
Visit
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I was doing stand-up at the Improv and when the host introduces you, 'OK, the next comedian, you've seen him on 'Silicon Valley.' People always clap. They really watch the show and they are fans of it. And then they said, 'You are also going to see him in 'Crazy Rich Asians,' and I did not expect this, but the applause was even louder.
Jimmy O. Yang /
Applause
Comedian
Host
Rich
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Asians
Clap
Always People Crazy
Expect
Improv
Louder
Valley
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