American - Actor | June 16, 1972 -
I didn't think it was possible for Asians to be actors.
John Cho
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People expect me to be funnier.
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You're trying to grow up, and you don't want to be like your parents, and that gets mixed up with being Korean... They brought their values from Korea, and I accepted them because I didn't know anything more. But as I grow older, I feel more Korean every year; it's very strange.
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Most people deal with grief in an awkward way, and that can be funny.
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I personally would love to see Harold and Kumar with children. I think that would be hilarious.
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I'm not a natural-born actor. So it's been a very slow learning curve for me.
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For a while, I was feeling like I was always playing characters that weren't specifically Korean or specifically Asian, even - that they were characters who were originally written white, and then they would cast me. And I used to consider that a badge of honor because that meant I had avoided stereotypes.
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I wanted to explore Korean-American characters. And 'Columbus' did address that. The father-son dynamic felt very real to me.
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Whenever I meet a Korean, I ask about their immigration history.
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I'm not an activist, I'm an actor. I don't want to be an activist.
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There's only so much I can do to effect change - and really, the thing that I can do that's most effective is to work and to do good work. That, I feel, is speaking out in its own way.
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With 'The Exorcist,' a lot of things went into it. I hadn't seen the show until they asked me, and then I checked the show out and thought it was very well done.
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