Constance Wu

If you watch any show that stars white people, white people aren't coming up to them like, 'Thank you for showing my face on the big screen.' Because they see their faces in popular culture all the time. ”

There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play. ”

A lot of times, people think of Asian culture as some mythical world instead of modern people with modern occupations with modern problems, modern tools. Like, we're not all just talking Taoism and kung fu - some people are just trying to get over their breakup with their boyfriend, and they're Facebook-stalking. ”

Make sure your work is never results-oriented. The result is a byproduct of the work, in a way. ”

I'm not a naturally social-media inclined person. I still prefer phone calls to texts/emails. I... hate texts. ”

Working on 'Fresh Off the Boat' has been really enlightening to me because it's made me actually think about the roles that Asians and Asian-American women have played in media. Not because I didn't think it was important before, but because before, I was really focused on just paying my rent. ”