00:00Asian men in general in Hollywood have been some of the most poorly portrayed people.
00:04A lot of times when people write for Indian actors or Asian actors or anybody, someone different,
00:10it is insulting because they have a certain view of, oh, this is how that person can help our plot.
00:15The Harold and Kumar films, they're so against the grain of what you would expect from an Asian American
00:21that I found a real freedom in that and I found, I get a kick out of it and so
00:28do other Asian Americans.
00:30I think it's really important, especially a lot of Asian Americans or even Asians are coming into dance
00:35and being accepted for the fact that if you're good, you're good and I think that's what it should be,
00:39that's what arts should be.
00:40It was very notable to me when I would see an Asian face on screen when I was growing up
00:45and it never really occurred to me how few there were until I saw one.
00:49It's not as though there's so much Asian representation that we can spare those parts.
00:54So when I see a white actor playing an Asian role, my emotion is sadness.
01:01Writing my own stuff, especially with Master of None, like no one would have given me a show like that.
01:06No one would have believed I could have done that.
01:07It would have definitely gone to some white guy.
01:09Asian parents out there, if you could just do me a favor, just a couple of you get your kids
01:14cameras
01:14instead of violins, we'll be all good.
01:16My motto has always been sometimes you've got to take on the role in order to, a mold in order
01:21to break it.
01:22You know, you have to because when you're in a character, you can inject something new
01:28and slowly the barometer shifts.
