I fell into acting because I was really shy, and so at night after work, I took public speaking and improv classes, and I started going to auditions sort of as a dare. That was my version of ‘Fear Factor.’ Hong Chau Read Quote
I think that a lot of actors of color have said that it’s a wonderful thing to play a role that doesn’t have a race and that is kind of open to any sort of interpretation. I completely understand that, but at the same time, I just want Asian characters that are well-written. Hong Chau Read Quote
It’s nice to have a quiet movie to give you time to meditate on an idea. A lot of movies don’t give you the space to feel anything. Hong Chau Read Quote
In life, we are all more than one thing, but for some reason in movies, you’re either this or that. It reduces the complexity of a human being in so many ways. Hong Chau Read Quote
I don’t want to put on any gimmicky layers just to give the character more definition. I just want to play good characters. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s ‘open ethnicity’ or ‘specifically Asian.’ Hong Chau Read Quote
I love Chicago for several reasons, but one of the best is that I was so intrigued that you have wild rabbits running around in the city. I never had seen bunnies in such a large urban environment before. Hong Chau Read Quote
Part of me, even when I was trying to get acting jobs, I was still kind of thinking, ‘Oh I should do something else with my life.’ Hong Chau Read Quote
I don’t like being watched, and I don’t like being told what to do, so acting is a very poor professional choice. Hong Chau Read Quote
People who I’ve encountered who have had more given to them, they tend to be more disappointed and unable to carry on when something doesn’t go their way, and that’s not my parents. Hong Chau Read Quote
The first time I went to Chicago was on a family road trip. We had our dog with us, and when we hit Chicago, I couldn’t believe how many people kept coming up to us, telling us how handsome our dog was! He’s a Rottweiler-Australian Shepherd mix, and he is a good-looking dog, but obviously Chicago is very dog-friendly. Hong Chau Read Quote