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When I feel off, I read the 'Tao Te Ching' to get my equilibrium right. I started reading it in the eleventh grade. ”
I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path. ”
I saw an opportunity to use a restaurant to identify a lot of my issues and concerns with being an immigrant in America, and Asian in America, and a young person in America. ”
I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common. ”
I don't want to get burned when I'm cooking. To avoid getting hit when pan-frying, I stand far away and use chopsticks that are almost two feet long. I learned it from my mom, who does the same thing. ”
I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about. ”
My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth. ”
Black culture has been a huge influence in my life. ”
But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture. ”
I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere. ”