84 Quotes by Jimmy O. Yang

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.

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

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

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.

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

My dad played my dad in 'Patriots Day' and that's why he thinks that's a good movie.

When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to stand up comedy, actually.

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.