American - Actor | June 16, 1972 -
I have a few go-to moves like jazz hands, shake the booty, stupid eyes. It was once a mating ritual, but now it's all about looking silly and making the kids smile.
John Cho
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I try to take roles that don't fall within the parameters of any Asian stereotype.
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I grew up watching the Lakers.
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The thing about kissing men - how do people stand it? The stubble is maddening.
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The key to doing 'Harold and Kumar' movies is you make it earnest. Primarily what we do is make Harold and Kumar's relationship and friendship believable, and we don't actually work on being that funny.
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I've never even seen a Cheech and Chong movie.
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I just didn't see anyone on TV who looked like me, and then I saw George Takei being cool and piloting the spaceship on television.
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Part of my mission as an actor has been to define what an American is.
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I've played roles that aren't expected of an Asian.
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The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype and what isn't.
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The more roles there are, the more actors there are.
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When I started acting... the community was largely Chinese-American or Japanese-American, so even then I felt like a minority in the minority.
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