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There's part of me that would love to wear a ruffly collar and do a period drama, but that's not going to happen. You don't have Asians in those sorts of things.

~Adeel Akhtar

Topics: Asians Collar Drama Going Happen Love Me Part Period Sort Things Those Wear Would You

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We need more diversity - we need more African-Americans on screen, Latinos, Asians, different religions. We have to be better about reflecting what our world looks like.

~Allison Schroeder

Topics: About Asians Better Different Diversity Latinos Like Looks More Need Our Our World Reflecting Religions Screen World

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People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities.

~Amartya Sen

Topics: Asians Communities Give Hindu Human Human Race Identification Identities Indians Members Muslim People Quite Race Sectarian Seemed Suddenly Way

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You gotta understand, there are two different kinds of Asians - the kind who are good at school, obey their parents, go to college - that kind of stuff. And then you have my family - me, my brother, all of my cousins - we're just wretched people.

~Bobby Lee

Topics: Asians Brother College Cousins Different Different Kinds Family Go Good Gotta Just Kind Kinds Me Obey Parents People School Stuff Then Two Understand Who Wretched You

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Somewhere in the Commandments of Reviewing must be written, 'Thou shalt not compare Asians to non-Asians.'

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Asians Commandments Compare Must Reviewing Shalt Somewhere Thou Written

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I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for me to tell people where I'm from.

~Coco Lee

Topics: Asians Important Industry Many Me Music Music Industry People Proud Roots Tell Where

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Specificity is what makes good storytelling, and good storytelling is what makes money, and making money is then what encourages new producers to invest in different stories about Asians.

~Constance Wu

Topics: About Asians Different Encourages Good Invest Makes Making Making Money Money New Producers Specificity Stories Storytelling Then

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Working on 'Fresh Off the Boat' has been really enlightening to me because it's made me actually think about the roles that Asians and Asian-American women have played in media. Not because I didn't think it was important before, but because before, I was really focused on just paying my rent.

~Constance Wu

Topics: About Actually Asian-American Asians Because Been Before Boat Enlightening Focused Fresh Important Just Made Me Media Off Paying Played Really Rent Roles Think Women Working

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There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.

~Constance Wu

Topics: Asians Characters Complex Few Given Grew On-Screen Play Up Were Who

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I felt pretty good growing up. I didn't feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to be a movie or a television show with Asian characters, I would go out of my way to avoid them, because they portrayed all Asians as either ridiculously good or ridiculously bad; you know, the whole Charlie Chan-Fu Manchu thing.

~David Henry Hwang

Topics: Asian Asians Avoid Bad Because Characters Charlie Either Feel Felt Go Going Good Growing Growing Up Know Lot Movie Out Portrayed Prejudice Pretty Pretty Good Racism Remember Ridiculously Show Television Television Show Them Thing Up Way Whole Would You

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