I’m not a naturally social-media inclined person. I still prefer phone calls to texts/emails. I… hate texts. Constance Wu Read Quote
If the expression of and advocating for your values makes you lose a job or a person, then that person/job sorta just… wasn’t your heart’s tribe. Constance Wu Read Quote
When I was a teenager, I worked at the Gap for a summer folding shirts. That was pretty mindless and soul-sucking. Constance Wu Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I feel like I could carry a movie or a show, and I’ll mess up here and there, and I’ll learn from those things. Constance Wu Read Quote
Usually, I’ll be auditioning for the third lead, and there will be Latina actresses, Indian actresses, African American actresses because it will be like, ‘Let’s check off this box. We have our lead white girl, and we need an ethnic slot.’ Constance Wu Read Quote
I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they’re still funny because they’re just likeable, and you want to see them. Me, though, when you see me trying to be funny, it’s like the worst thing in the world. It’s needy, it’s cloying, it’s manipulative – it’s bad. Constance Wu Read Quote
My parents did not pay a cent for my education; they didn’t give me a car or furniture – I did that 100% on my own. I had to pay back a lot. Constance Wu Read Quote
It’s my privilege to be able to play somebody not myself. I’m an actor who creates characters based in voice, movement, emotional quality, speech. Constance Wu Read Quote
I don’t fear being outspoken. The only thing I fear is losing my sense of integrity or losing sight of the values on which I guide my life. So I don’t think it’s particularly brave or unusual for me to speak out. Constance Wu Read Quote
