I came from a family of extremely old money, and so by the time I was born, there was really just a trickle of money left. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I grew up in a household where there were really, really strong matriarchal characters. I think that’s true of many Asian households. People tend to think of Asia as a misogynistic society or a society where men rule. At least in my experience, the women rule the household; the women rule the social scene. The men often become very useless. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I know an elderly society matron in Singapore who would rather walk in the scorching sun for blocks on end rather than have her chauffeur drive into the Central Business District at peak hour and pay the $1.50 surcharge. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I go to Shenzhen, China, and am taken to a vast luxury spa with a hundred leather recliners and a hundred accompanying plasma screen televisions bolted to the ceiling. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that’s out there – there are so many great actors from all over Asia, from Singapore and Hong Kong to the Philippines and Mainland China, not to mention many great Asian-American actors who are eager for fun and challenging roles. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
In Singapore, there may be 50 old-money families, but you wouldn’t know them to look at them. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
Such huge money has been made in China – it can be hundreds of millions in a year – and there’s a need to validate it by showing what they can buy and how much of it. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
