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" All of our actions have consequences whether we know it or not. We never know what people are going through until something tragic happens - if they don't talk about it. "
People
Consequences
Never
" As a community, we're fighting for Asians to play Asian roles. And then there's the other battle, which is Asian Americans playing roles that aren't written for Asians, and I think that's something that completely should happen; Why can't an Asian American male just play a leading cop figure... or the Matt Damon roles? "
Think
American
Fighting
" As actors, we have to take characters, and we have to feel for them and ultimately become them, and share that on screen so that audience feels that. "
Feel
Share
Take
" Eventually we got to a point where 'Riverdale' came along, and it was a character that was originally written white, and I saw this as an opportunity to take a classic American character and make them Asian. "
American
White
Opportunity
" Everybody's gone through high school; everybody understands that dynamic. Some people have a great time, and some people don't have a great time. My high school experience was not the greatest. I wasn't necessarily bullied, but I was one of those guys that just goes along, and I didn't really feel connected to many of the social cliques. "
School
Experience
Great
" Growing up, my favorite movies were 'Forrest Gump,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'Gladiator' - none of them really had Asian leading men. "
Growing Up
Growing
Up
" Honestly, I love Ruth's Chris. "
Love
Ruth
I Love
" I don't really use emojis. Is that weird? In the time it takes for me to even find the flexed-arm emoji, I could just type that I'm at the gym. "
Just
Time
Weird
" I don't think I have any guilt or embarrassment about any of the TV shows I watch. Maybe the fact that the shows I can watch over and over again are cartoons like 'Bob's Burgers' and 'American Dad' and 'Rick & Morty.' "
Guilt
I Can
American
" I don't want to be super aggressive, but I think it's an issue that the population of America isn't reflected accurately in a lot of movies. I'm just disappointed that there isn't an Asian leading man or an Asian leading woman. There's an obvious gap that should be filled. "
Woman
America
Movies
" If everything could be like 'Forrest Gump,' I'd be happy. "
Could
Like
Happy
" If I didn't mind having a quarter of my car payment going towards a gym membership, I'd definitely go to Equinox. "
Car
Go
Going
" If someone offers me a hot plate of Penne Arrabiata, fageddaboutit. "
Me
Offers
Plate
" I had a lot of friends, but none of them I felt super close with. Now that I'm older, I can look back on my teenage self and kind of see the things I did wrong and the things I did right, what affect they had on me, and what affect they had on other people. I can look at it in a much more conducive way to storytelling. "
Friends
Look
Back
" I have a lot of random hobbies. "
Hobbies
Lot
Random
" I know I play a lot of jocks, but I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd. It's one of the most interesting fields of entertainment because you get to create your own role and create your own rules. Some people get so creative with it, and I'm also super competitive. I'm a really big nerd. "
Interesting
People
Creative
" I like something with a really great storyline, characters, and concept. I like doing things that are new and cutting edge. "
Things
New
Doing
" I like to say I was a creature in high school. A weird creature who had my hands in a lot of different things. "
High School
Hands
Say
" I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd. "
Game
Really
Nerd
" I'm allergic to cats, so I'm psychologically wired to associating kittens with itchy eyes and popping Claritin. "
Cats
Allergic
Eyes
" I'm not that much of a singer. "
Singer
Much
" I'm not the Asian kid of 'Riverdale;' I'm Reggie, and I just happen to be Chinese. "
Kid
Just
Happen
" I'm trying to bring social games into the zeitgeist. "
Bring
Zeitgeist
Trying
" In my head, I'd love to go on a vacation to somewhere exotic and far away and in the middle of nowhere. But then I think about the effort it would take to book a flight and a hotel, etc., and I just end up staycationing. "
Vacation
End
Effort
" I told my team, 'I don't want to go out for Asian roles anymore.' "
Team
Anymore
Asian
" I've played a jock a lot, but pretty nuanced jocks. "
Lot
Played
Pretty
" I've played lacrosse players, football players, basketball players. I think that's just because of how I'm built. I look young, and I'm also a big person. "
Young
Basketball
Football
" I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or whatever. "
Want
Inspire
Become
" I wasn't bullied or anything, but I didn't really fit in. "
Really
Fit
Bullied
" I will say that 'Riverdale,' yes, is a little more sensationalized. It's based on comics, and it is a little bit more dramatic and a little bit more made for TV, made for teens. For '13 Reasons,' we tried hard to make it as real as we could, as close to reality as possible. No corners were cut; everything was very raw and very real. "
Say
Hard
Real
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