31 Quotes by Eugene Lee Yang

I think as you become a more open person and let others in, just in your regular life, you'll be surprised by how much you find and how you can then incorporate that into the work you put online.

I really did hate who I was.

The strength of the platform that I am privileged to have is that I reach a massive group of diverse people.

I'm most concerned with committing to characters that contribute to more complex, modern and dynamic Asian-American representation on screen.

One of the first things that I found audiences related to me on outside of my identity was just my general cynical depressive worldview, which, surprisingly a lot of people share!

Even if it's just the smallest thing, like what label I go by, I think to find the truth and express it with full confidence.

A lot of times I go to a comedy show, I sit there and wait for the comedian to run out of ideas and look at me and make an Asian joke. Which is very different for blacks and Latinos. You can't say certain things because everyone is cognizant of when things are and should be offensive. Asians don't have that luxury.

For some people of color, for some people with conservative or religious backgrounds, you know, we're constantly sort of looking over our shoulder.

Growing up in Texas, I was already dealing with the fact that I didn't even know I was Asian until a certain age. I just was informed about it in a somewhat negative way by my peers. And that immediately put me into that mindset where I felt very othered. My safety always felt like it wasn't something that I could consider a given.