You'd see Asian faces on TV, but it was so rare, especially in the comedy space - that for me was Ken Jeong doing stand-up... it's amazing that I can call him a friend now and a colleague.

But my comedy hero was Stephen Chow. His deadpan comedy, all the stuff he wrote like 'From Beijing with Love,' it's incredibly funny.

I know Asian actors out there won't even audition for a role that have an accent. But for me, I was the kid with an accent. I still have an accent to some degree.

Normal people don't become stand-up comedians.

I went back to Hong Kong for the first time in 17 years and I was culture shocked in Hong Kong.

Why is it when a white actor or even a black actor does a British accent, it's considered art?

When you're 1 out of 5 Asian people on TV, all the pressure is on you and you have to represent.

Usually when you're Asian and you're on set, you're the only Asian there. Either you're the token Asian or you're the Asian sidekick.

My mom worked as a manager at a high-end fashion place, so she was always a pretty stylish woman.

I was always pretty good with making deals. When I was in sixth grade, when Pokemon cards were hot, I might have started with, like, three or four cards, and then at the end of the year, through trading with my friends and everything, I ended up with the biggest card collection in my school.

I worked at Big 5 Sporting Goods, selling shoes and stuff like that, for a couple of summers.

I guess I've lived my whole life as an outsider.

I've heard other actors saying they don't want to play a character with an accent at all. To me, that's kind of an insult to somebody like me who did have an accent.

It's maybe a better thought to change the perception of an accent than to avoid it all together.

I think in China they have a camera for every street corner, and if you jaywalk, they don't give you a ticket. They put you on the big TV screen to shame you.

Silicon Valley,' I mean, the comedy is amazing, and it's one of the best-written shows with some of the best talent. I'm really happy to be a part of it.

You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy. That was super rewarding. I want to do more of that and also my own writing.

I have some scripts, I'm putting a couple of projects together with people I want to work with. I think that's the most exciting part, when you can hopefully create your own content and find the people that you love that you get to work with.

I went to school for economics, and especially in Asian culture it's not really a viable job for my family to be an artist.

Immigrant characters now are getting much more well-rounded, and they have personalities, which is important because we do need to portray immigrants in a humanizing way.

Other Asian actors, especially American-born actors, sometimes shy away from immigrant roles.

I think you have to experience life and then pull certain experiences into your act and your character's life, whoever you play, so you're full.

I hope I can get to more and more of the Chinese audience and kind of lead the way to maybe, y'know, inspire seems like a big word, but y'know... inspire to get people into entertainment because I think we can be just as good as anybody else.

I love everyone on 'Silicon Valley.'

One of my first big paychecks, I used it to buy a Rolex. I bought a used 1968 vintage Rolex. I was too cheap to buy a new one.

I was doing stand-up at the Improv and when the host introduces you, 'OK, the next comedian, you've seen him on 'Silicon Valley.' People always clap. They really watch the show and they are fans of it. And then they said, 'You are also going to see him in 'Crazy Rich Asians,' and I did not expect this, but the applause was even louder.

I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside.

For once in my life, I wanted to flaunt my Asian side instead of hiding it to fit as somebody else... 'Crazy Rich Asians' made me want to get in touch with my roots, instead of running away from them.

Mother always tries to buy things for a reasonable price. I was never allowed to buy things at full price. Probably, it's rooted in the Chinese mentality. We are very thrifty.

I spoke English when I moved to the U.S.A. but I had an accent. To get rid of it, I watched a lot of TV-shows and tried to repeat after the tv-hosts. I liked shows about hip-hop.

I don't read in Chinese very well. Google Translate helps with that. It's cool that I can upload a photo and translate the text from it.

I tried a bunch of things, like Jiu Jitsu boxing classes. I don't know why, but I did.

I was competitive ping-pong player. I played in youth tournaments, under the age of 13.

That's what's great about standup comedy: the instant feedback. You get up on stage, you tell a joke, if it doesn't work, come back the next day with a better version of it.

I remember the first couple of TV things I did, I was really nervous.

I was actually fairly athletic and coordinated, but I never played any organized sports.

Nate Dogg is my favorite artist. I cried more when he passed than when Michael Jackson did.

With a lot of pop music, they just have one song and a good beat, but there's not necessarily that much talent.

It's so great when there's a catchy song that's fun and easy to listen to, but there's also a real artist behind it.

I was first introduced to Kiesza when I saw her perform 'Hideaway' on Jimmy Kimmel's show. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I just want to be an actor, I don't just want to be an Asian actor necessarily.

Comedy and drama are like two different sports; they both require athleticism but they're different.

When I was on the playground, people were calling me Jackie Chan.

It comes from within to not be ashamed of our brothers and sisters who have accents.

When I quit my internship and started doing standup to pursue my dreams and do that full time - I feel like that's when I 'Americaned.'

When I became an American citizen, nothing's changed because I'm still Asian.

Look, to be honest, when certain movies like 'Ninja Assassin' came out, that had a sexy, sexy Asian man with a six-pack, that made some people think, 'Maybe I should go out there and date an Asian dude.' And that did pretty good for us in a way of representation.

I'm just a quirky, funny dude.

Maybe my job on this planet is to make the Asian accent sexy.

When a Spanish actor does an accent, that's sexy. When Peter Sellers did a French accent in 'Pink Panther,' that's funny - he got nominated for a Golden Globe. How come whenever an Asian actor does an accent, he's stereotyping?