Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you. Constance Wu Read Quote
You’re never going to please everyone, and if you do, there’s something wrong. Constance Wu Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The one dream I have is to do a musical. I love singing, but most people don’t know because I don’t sell myself as a musical person. My dream is to play Audrey in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ – it would be so interesting to have an Asian Audrey because it’s all about achieving the American dream in a sinister, success-driven way. Constance Wu Read Quote
I don’t aspire to just play things that are like me. Whether the accent is Taiwanese or British or Canadian – that is the very craft in which I was trained. It is my absolute privilege and honor to do that. Constance Wu Read Quote
If the writing is good, then the writing is already funny. All you have to do is make this funny writing true to the very deepest of your heart, and the fact that you are capable of making this true will be hysterical. Constance Wu Read Quote
Listening to an underserved population is how you begin to understand them and serve them better. Constance Wu Read Quote
All the networks have always been willing to have ethnic people as the third or fourth lead or the best friend to the white person. But to actually let a black family or an Asian family carry a show, that’s something where there hasn’t really been a precedent set in terms of a real financial gain. Constance Wu Read Quote
I’d rather lose all my stuff than lose myself, because I’ve done that before, and that feels way worse. Constance Wu Read Quote
