Asian-Americans, we’re not a monolithic group. There might be some Asians who are second-generation, third-generation, who may not speak the language that their parents or their grandparents spoke. Hong Chau Read Quote
We are surrounded by people with accents because America is a nation of immigrants. Beyond that, the people who made your iPhone and the shirt on your back are probably Asians, and we’re really not that disconnected from each other; we have very intimate relationships with the world, whether or not we realize it. Hong Chau Read Quote
I grew up speaking Vietnamese – that was my first language because my parents didn’t speak any English, and I didn’t learn English until I started school. Hong Chau Read Quote
Growing up the way I did, being an actor in Hollywood was definitely never a plausible career choice at all. Hong Chau Read Quote
With ‘Downsizing,’ a lot of the discussion hasn’t been about the film itself, but about cultural and political conversations happening outside of it. It’s being digested in the context of the time. Hong Chau Read Quote
In Hollywood, there’s not a ton of roles for Asian people. So a lot of it is waiting and waiting and waiting. Hong Chau Read Quote
I like to be very simple in my lifestyle. My only extravagance is… I buy lots of toys and meats for my dog. Hong Chau Read Quote
I think one in five Americans has a disability of some sort. That’s 20% of the population, and yet we rarely ever see people with disabilities on-screen, and their stories and their resilience and their zest for life and their humor and their humanity. Hong Chau Read Quote
When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this other accent that is not their own. Americans have different relationships with other accents. Hong Chau Read Quote