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The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that's out there - there are so many great actors from all over Asia, from Singapore and Hong Kong to the Philippines and Mainland China, not to mention many great Asian-American actors who are eager for fun and challenging roles.

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I was born in Singapore, and I lived there until I was 12. I had a very fortunate upbringing.

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I'm not revealing any deep, hidden secret that there are wealthy people in Asia.

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I do believe that peoples' natures can be changed, and they have to be changed if we want to live in this modern world and be a part of it.

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To me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations.

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I've recently rediscovered Anthony Trollope. I used to read him back in college, and a friend turned me on to a whole new series of his work, 'The Palliser Series.' It's a series of seven or eight books.

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If you're the water boiler king of China, you're selling a billion water boilers.

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Especially in the West, people want to understand Asia on a deeper level because it's become the engine of the world economy, like it or not.

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The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places.

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My books are comedies; I want to take my readers on a jet-setting romp, make them laugh, make them swoon at the beautiful settings, and maybe even make their mouths water at all the food.

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Biography

Nationality: Singaporean

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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