Quotes from Jimmy O. Yang

My Chinese name is Man Shing which means 'ten thousand success.' It's a name that's sure to set me up for failure.

It's a fine line between hack and good comedy.

I think in China they have a camera for every street corner, and if you jaywalk, they don't give you a ticket. They put you on the big TV screen to shame you.

I'm a big Clippers fan. I have season tickets to the Clippers. That's the only team I really root for in any sport.

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

Look, to be honest, when certain movies like 'Ninja Assassin' came out, that had a sexy, sexy Asian man with a six-pack, that made some people think, 'Maybe I should go out there and date an Asian dude.' And that did pretty good for us in a way of representation.

Usually when you're Asian and you're on set, you're the only Asian there. Either you're the token Asian or you're the Asian sidekick.

One of the hard things coming from an immigrant family - or any family that doesn't believe in the arts - is that you have to disappoint your parents. That's hard for people to do if you're a good kid.

Other Asian actors, especially American-born actors, sometimes shy away from immigrant roles.

When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I just want to be an actor, I don't just want to be an Asian actor necessarily.

For once in my life, I wanted to flaunt my Asian side instead of hiding it to fit as somebody else... 'Crazy Rich Asians' made me want to get in touch with my roots, instead of running away from them.

Comedy and drama are like two different sports; they both require athleticism but they're different.

I hope I can get to more and more of the Chinese audience and kind of lead the way to maybe, y'know, inspire seems like a big word, but y'know... inspire to get people into entertainment because I think we can be just as good as anybody else.

I've heard other actors saying they don't want to play a character with an accent at all. To me, that's kind of an insult to somebody like me who did have an accent.

I was always pretty good with making deals. When I was in sixth grade, when Pokemon cards were hot, I might have started with, like, three or four cards, and then at the end of the year, through trading with my friends and everything, I ended up with the biggest card collection in my school.

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.

It comes from within to not be ashamed of our brothers and sisters who have accents.

Nate Dogg is my favorite artist. I cried more when he passed than when Michael Jackson did.

I was first introduced to Kiesza when I saw her perform 'Hideaway' on Jimmy Kimmel's show. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

Whatever ethnicity you are, yes, absolutely you have to be proud of who you are man. I am really really proud to be Asian, I got to say.

Just because I don't speak English with an accent anymore doesn't mean that I'm better than the people who do.

I went back to Hong Kong for the first time in 17 years and I was culture shocked in Hong Kong.

Growing up, my dad was 'get a real job, don't go pursuing your dreams, that's how you become homeless.' So, do I pick my family or do I pick my own happiness, and how much does my own happiness depend on my family?

I was competitive ping-pong player. I played in youth tournaments, under the age of 13.