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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Zendaya is really chill and cool. "

" Joseph Gordon-Levitt's career is kind of how I want to create my career. He's very involved with his recording and production company and also worked on some really great projects. "

" 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. "

" If I didn't mind having a quarter of my car payment going towards a gym membership, I'd definitely go to Equinox. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd. "

" I told my team, 'I don't want to go out for Asian roles anymore.' "

" I've played a jock a lot, but pretty nuanced jocks. "

" If everything could be like 'Forrest Gump,' I'd be happy. "

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" When I started acting, one of the first things I learned was - especially in Hollywood - was branding. I'm a tall guy. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably going to be my foot in the door,' because that's my impression on everybody. I'm an athletic guy, and I think, because I grew up disliking jocks so much, that became, like, the character for me. "

" There's so many Chinese or Asian Americans that were either born in another country like I was and raised in America or born in America and raised in America. They're normal Americans, and they just happen to have a different heritage. "

" 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.' "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" If someone offers me a hot plate of Penne Arrabiata, fageddaboutit. "

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" I'm not the Asian kid of 'Riverdale;' I'm Reggie, and I just happen to be Chinese. "

" There's so much diversity on TV. It's actually reflecting American culture. "

" My acting technique is a combination of a lot of different ones. A lot of it is Meisner. "

" 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. "

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" There are no Asian leading men in Hollywood. There's not an Asian Ryan Gosling or an Asian Brad Pitt. "

" Honestly, I love Ruth's Chris. "

" I'm allergic to cats, so I'm psychologically wired to associating kittens with itchy eyes and popping Claritin. "

" I'm trying to bring social games into the zeitgeist. "

" When I was younger, I had no idea that I would be an actor. I had an interest in it, but I never actually did it. I didn't really expect it to be a career path. "

" My mom just wanted me to do anything that was academic, whether it was become a doctor or be a lawyer. Engineering suited her... then I dropped out. It was not what I wanted to do at all; it just felt so unnatural, and I couldn't put my finger on why. I just knew it wasn't for me. "

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" Weirdly enough - if I make enough money one day - I want to open a board game bar. "

" I like to say I was a creature in high school. A weird creature who had my hands in a lot of different things. "

" I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or whatever. "