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.

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

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.

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 love everyone on 'Silicon Valley.'

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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