Quotes from Jimmy O. Yang

I just want to keep working and have a roof over my head.

I have some scripts, I'm putting a couple of projects together with people I want to work with. I think that's the most exciting part, when you can hopefully create your own content and find the people that you love that you get to work with.

I always have to brace myself when I visit my parents. My mom often greets me with a slew of nonconstructive criticisms: 'Jimmy, why is your face so fat? Your clothes look homeless and your long hair makes you look like a girl.' After 30 years of this, my self-image is now a fat homeless lesbian.

Maybe my job on this planet is to make the Asian accent sexy.

Nico Santos I've known from Bay Area stand-up, and he lives right by me so we hang out all the time.

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.

You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy. That was super rewarding. I want to do more of that and also my own writing.

It's maybe a better thought to change the perception of an accent than to avoid it all together.

I worked at Big 5 Sporting Goods, selling shoes and stuff like that, for a couple of summers.

It's so great when there's a catchy song that's fun and easy to listen to, but there's also a real artist behind it.

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

When I was on the playground, people were calling me Jackie Chan.

I tried a bunch of things, like Jiu Jitsu boxing classes. I don't know why, but I did.

When 'Chappelle's Show' came out, if you didn't watch it on Wednesday night, you had nothing to talk about in high school the next day.

With a lot of pop music, they just have one song and a good beat, but there's not necessarily that much talent.

Immigrant characters now are getting much more well-rounded, and they have personalities, which is important because we do need to portray immigrants in a humanizing way.

I'm generally pretty excited about new gadgets, new tech, A.I., stuff like that.

I think you have to experience life and then pull certain experiences into your act and your character's life, whoever you play, so you're full.

My publicist actually told me about the book. She's half-Indian, half-Dutch, and she was like, 'You've got to do this book. It's called 'Crazy Rich Asians.''

I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside.

If you think about writing a book, or when I did, it seems daunting, but when I began writing, it just started flowing.

I'm just a quirky, funny dude.

I went to college as an economics major because that was the easiest major that could still please your Asian parents, and then, much to their dismay, I became a stand-up comedian.