31 Quotes by Eugene Lee Yang

I think that there's a lot of different factors that played into the coming out process I've had with the public. You know, it's always gradual and very individual for each queer person.

I am a proud, gay person of color and I will not be intimidated into mediocrity or legislated into conformity!

Even before BuzzFeed, Asian-American faces and voices were so prevalent online as huge YouTubers.

As a small kid from Texas, I just imagined that Hollywood was this world that was really foreign and far away and I didn't see many Asians on screen, so I had no idea that I could even be a part of it.

I haven't really spoken openly about my experiences with depression, especially, not ever having the chance to be in any way clinically diagnosed but I think that I certainly have a naturally depressive personality.

We have the right to be angry about our representation in the media. It's just not a reflection of how we live our daily lives.

There's a reason we all cried when Gina Rodriguez won that Golden Globe. It didn't matter if we're Latina. We get it. We're just like, 'Thank you! Finally, a more accurate reflection of diversity!'

YouTube opened up the types of voices and alternative ways of viewing ourselves that would never have been greenlit by a Hollywood studio.

My job is literally clapping back every day online as a comedian.