KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Alan Yang Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Alan Yang

Showing 1-8 of 8 Quotes by Alan Yang

I think L.A. is underrated, and I love L.A., and I was born in California. But I'm pretty sure New York is the best city in the world - at least for an American guy like me.

~Alan Yang

Topics: American Best Born California City Guy Least Like Love Me New New York Pretty Sure Think Underrated World York I Think I Love I Was Born

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'm a huge believer in story being this invisible scaffolding that no one ever recognizes or realizes is actually making the audience engaged in what's going on. There is no formula for it.

~Alan Yang

Topics: Actually Audience Being Believer Engaged Ever Formula Going Huge Invisible Making Story

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We got kind of into a rhythm at 'Parks' because there were so many characters that we had an A story, a B story, and a C story just about every episode. So by the middle of that show's run, we always had three stories, and it worked really well.

~Alan Yang

Topics: About Always Because Characters Episode Every Got Had Just Kind Many Middle Parks Really Rhythm Run Show Stories Story Three Well Were Worked

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


On 'Master of None,' the majority of the episodes were just one story, and that was by design because we really wanted to focus in on the character of Dev and get the audience in his head.

~Alan Yang

Topics: Audience Because Character Design Episodes Focus Get Head His Just Just One Majority Master None Really Story Wanted Were

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Some of the most exciting moments in 'Star Wars' are when you're cutting between stories and you're building this momentum.

~Alan Yang

Topics: Between Building Cutting Exciting Moments Momentum Most Some Star Star Wars Stories Wars You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There is a psychic gulf that exists between myself and my grandparents because they don't really speak English, and I don't speak Chinese, and that's my own personal shame because I did not learn, ever. I only saw my paternal grandma a few times in my life, and that's really crazy.

~Alan Yang

Topics: Because Between Chinese Crazy Did English Ever Exists Few Grandma Grandparents Gulf Learn Life My Life My Own Myself Only Own Personal Psychic Really Saw Shame Speak Times

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It was a dark period of my life when William Hung was the most famous Asian man.

~Alan Yang

Topics: Asian Dark Famous Hung Life Man Most My Life Period William

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I respect the hell out of everyone who does a network show. That is a marathon. It's so many episodes, and it can be a meat grinder. Anyone making a network show, and on top of that making a very good network show, that's an insane feat of Herculean endurance and fortitude.

~Alan Yang

Topics: Anyone Does Endurance Episodes Everyone Feat Fortitude Good Hell Insane Making Many Marathon Meat Network Out Respect Show Top Very Who

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: Unknown

Links

Find Alan Yang on Amazon

Related Authors

Cecil B. Demille
Samuel Goldwyn
Berry Gordy
Suge Knight
Gene Roddenberry
David O. Selznick
Aaron Sorkin
J. Michael Straczynski

Popular Authors

Epictetus James Joyce A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Dalai Lama Post Malone Franklin D. Roosevelt Will Smith Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1890 - H. P. Lovecraft

1601 - Pierre De Fermat

1833 - Benjamin Harrison

1881 - Edgar Guest

1886 - Paul Tillich

1892 - George Aiken

1901 - Salvatore Quasimodo

1907 - Shirley Booth

1908 - Al Lopez

1917 - Terry Sanford

Birthdays on August 20th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Alone Art Courage Humor Mother's Day Patience Respect Veterans Day