- [on the barriers that Asian-American actors have to face in Hollywood]: I go into a young film director's office these days and he says, "Hey man, I know who you are. I grew up watching McHale's Navy (1962)." And I think, "Oh boy, here we go again.".
- Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes -- waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
- I was a very happy child, so to speak. But since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time.
- I had no idea how difficult Sondheim's music would be. All through the rehearsals, I kept flubbing. There were so many tempo changes. I could never get through the opening number without any mistakes. One day, I went up to Hal Prince and offered to leave the show. He laughed it off. He said, "Don't be silly. That's why we have tryouts.".
- No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act.
- I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon". It was a weird play.
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