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" 'Crazy Rich Asians' may be fiction, but given the situation I grew up in, I've had an unparalleled view into the very real world it depicts. "
Kevin Kwan
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" I love Netflix and Amazon and watching movies on streamers as much as the next person. "
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" One of the dreams on my wish list is to spend more time in Thailand. "
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" I was born on the island of Singapore, and I grew up there until I was 11 years old, when I was forcibly removed by my dad and planted into suburban Houston. I was in shock for the first year and then began to really love it - but didn't love it quite enough to stay. "
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" No matter our background, we all have crazy families. "
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" I'm not sure if being Chinese really helped, but I do think that if a non-Asian had written a book called 'Crazy Rich Asians,' they might not have been looked upon so kindly. "
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" My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every day, and my grandfather, who attended university in Scotland, would smoke his pipe after dinner. "
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" The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that's out there - there are so many great actors from all over Asia, from Singapore and Hong Kong to the Philippines and Mainland China, not to mention many great Asian-American actors who are eager for fun and challenging roles. "
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" Old money in Southeast Asia is much more discrete and low key. It's about not wearing brand names. It's about being invisible, almost. The billionaire can be taking the bus with you. "
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" I've always been drawn to the Edwardian period in England. To me, it seems like such a fascinating time, when the British Empire was at the height of its powers and the strict mores of the Victorian age were dissipating into the decadence of King Edward's reign. "
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Me
" Hollywood is a whole other level of crazy. I've never met so many assistants who have assistants. It's a stratified society on its own. "
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Own
Hollywood
" I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school to work there in a hospital. So I went back into my family archives and was able to find out his exact address; it was a street that was in the French Concession. "
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Work
School
" People have always been fascinated by the foibles of the wealthy and privileged. "
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Always
Been
" I go to Shenzhen, China, and am taken to a vast luxury spa with a hundred leather recliners and a hundred accompanying plasma screen televisions bolted to the ceiling. "
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Ceiling
Go
Leather
" My golden dream was to move to New York and live in the Village and become that cool rebel beatnik Jack Kerouac. "
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Live
Cool
Dream
" I wanted to introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience. "
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Asia
Introduce
American
" Especially in the West, people want to understand Asia on a deeper level because it's become the engine of the world economy, like it or not. "
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World
People
Economy
" Writers often say that characters begin to write themselves, and I never used to believe that. I always thought that was complete hogwash. "
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Always
Never
Say
" I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese. "
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Call
Chinese
Colonial
" In Asia, it's customary to get together with your entire extended family on a regular basis, and it's all rife with politics. "
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Get Together
Together
Family
" At least when it comes to food, there's no snobbery in Singapore. "
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Singapore
Snobbery
Food
" There are old-money Asians that would never be caught dead with a Chanel handbag or sporting anything that has a label it. "
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Caught
Never
Asians
" If you're the water boiler king of China, you're selling a billion water boilers. "
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Water
China
King
" My books are comedies; I want to take my readers on a jet-setting romp, make them laugh, make them swoon at the beautiful settings, and maybe even make their mouths water at all the food. "
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Laugh
Beautiful
Water
" Every family is a crazy family. "
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Crazy
Every
" My father went to boarding school in Sydney when he was 14. "
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He
Sydney
Boarding
" Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world. "
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Fashion
Precious
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" In order for me to write a scene, it's very important for me to see and experience everything with my own eyes, so yes, I was able to visit some remarkable houses and destinations while I was in China. "
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Experience
My Own
" I was born in Singapore, and I lived there until I was 12. I had a very fortunate upbringing. "
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Born
Had
" My mother likes to say that I was conceived to shop - not just born to shop. My whole life as a child was following her and her sister and friends around on her shopping trips. "
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Child
Life
Mother
" I spent the first 12 years of my life growing up in Singapore. Back then, in the early '80s, it was still a tropical island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula striving to shine on the world stage. "
Kevin Kwan
Shine
Growing Up
Life