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I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese in the films.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Asia Because Built Career Chinese Everybody Films Had Nothing Playing Race Roles Years

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Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the big screen.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: American Big Big Screen Bruce Bruce Lee Chinese First Growing Growing Up Idolized Lee Like Many Me People Screen Star Up Were

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I ended up falling in love with the whole movie-making experience.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Ended Experience Falling Falling In Love Love Up Whole

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For us as Asian-Americans, I think the bane of our existence is one stereotype - 'Sixteen Candles,' the Long Duk Dong character.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Bane Candles Character Existence Long Our Sixteen Stereotype Think Us I Think

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In 'The Matrix,' you see the fight between Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne. It's an amazing fight. But I know that they've rehearsed it for months beforehand. Because in some of the moves you can see them anticipating blocks before they actually happen.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Actually Amazing Because Before Beforehand Between Blocks Fight Happen Know Lawrence Matrix Months Moves Rehearsed See Some Them You

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Part of the Hong Kong style is the fact that a lot of the performers can perform the moves, and we don't over-rehearse this stuff.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Fact Hong Kong Kong Lot Moves Part Perform Performers Stuff Style

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We'll see what I do after 'Badlands' to show audiences that I have more in my repertoire besides martial arts.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: After Arts Audiences Besides Martial Martial Arts More Repertoire See Show

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It's not at all my objective to become an Asian-American star.

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Topics: Asian-American Become Objective Star

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It was 'Shaolin Temple,' Jet Li's first movie. That was the movie that got me to want to learn martial arts. Then I became a huge Jet Li/Jackie Chan fan after that.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: After Arts Became Fan First Got Huge Jet Learn Martial Martial Arts Me Movie Temple Then Want

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If you're down to 6% body fat, which I've done before, you burn out really quickly. Like, in a couple hours, you're pretty much done, and then you're useless.

~Daniel Wu

Topics: Before Body Burn Couple Done Down Fat Hours Like Much Out Pretty Quickly Really Then Useless Which You

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Actor

Born: September 30th, 1974

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