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" I fell into acting because I was really shy, and so at night after work, I took public speaking and improv classes, and I started going to auditions sort of as a dare. That was my version of 'Fear Factor.' "

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" I really want to work on characters that have a lot of complexity and you don't always get that in comic book movies because they're not character explorations. I have nothing against movies like that, but I do see them as kind of like a cheeseburger. "

Hong Chau

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Book

Character

" I'm really into ghost towns. I've driven cross-country the past few summers, and I would stop at some ghost towns along the way. They're like a microcosm of America as a whole. "

" I never like to sit and discuss my character, the other character, our relationship, or anything like that. I feel like if I did my job and I trust that the other person has done theirs, you just go on set, play around with it, chew the scene for a little bit; then we roll, and that's it. "

" I grew up speaking Vietnamese - that was my first language because my parents didn't speak any English, and I didn't learn English until I started school. "

" I don't want to put on any gimmicky layers just to give the character more definition. I just want to play good characters. It doesn't matter to me if it's 'open ethnicity' or 'specifically Asian.' "

" I like to be very simple in my lifestyle. My only extravagance is... I buy lots of toys and meats for my dog. "

Hong Chau

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Dog

" For a good part of my childhood, we were super poor and lived in government housing. I don't characterize the American dream as being successful and having a lot of material wealth to show for it. I did fine without it for a really long time. "

" When you see something that needs to be done, you do it. "

" Public libraries were a huge source of comfort and joy for me when I was growing up. I still spend time there. "

Hong Chau

Joy

Time

" I grew out of the habit of thinking or worrying about being seen as the typical Asian. I don't even know what that means anymore. I'm not really concerned with it. "

" I love Chicago for several reasons, but one of the best is that I was so intrigued that you have wild rabbits running around in the city. I never had seen bunnies in such a large urban environment before. "

" In life, we are all more than one thing, but for some reason in movies, you're either this or that. It reduces the complexity of a human being in so many ways. "

Hong Chau

Movies

You

" If anyone has to leave their homeland by boat, they all have difficult stories. But my parents had a difficult journey, and their story always seems like a movie to me. "

" I think that a lot of actors of color have said that it's a wonderful thing to play a role that doesn't have a race and that is kind of open to any sort of interpretation. I completely understand that, but at the same time, I just want Asian characters that are well-written. "

" I grew up around Vietnamese refugees, around people who don't speak English as a first language. "

" That's what I want to continue to do: really odd films, with interesting filmmakers. "

" I don't like being watched, and I don't like being told what to do, so acting is a very poor professional choice. "

" I love public transportation! Who wants to sit in a car and be angry at other drivers for eight hours? I'd rather sit on a bus or train and read a book. "

" I love films that aren't just speaking to certain moments in the culture but are something that people can revisit. "

" People who I've encountered who have had more given to them, they tend to be more disappointed and unable to carry on when something doesn't go their way, and that's not my parents. "

" Giving people the opportunity to sit in a dark theater together and have emotions in public, whether they're laughing or crying - that's what makes me happy. "

" With 'Downsizing,' a lot of the discussion hasn't been about the film itself, but about cultural and political conversations happening outside of it. It's being digested in the context of the time. "

" I think one in five Americans has a disability of some sort. That's 20% of the population, and yet we rarely ever see people with disabilities on-screen, and their stories and their resilience and their zest for life and their humor and their humanity. "

" For me, I do my best work when I feel completely relaxed and not being judged. "

Hong Chau

Being Judged

Feel

" Part of me, even when I was trying to get acting jobs, I was still kind of thinking, 'Oh I should do something else with my life.' "

Hong Chau

Thinking

My Life

" I'm never concerned about being first or on trend. I only want to feel like my most rad 'me.' "

Hong Chau

Want

" I don't have any special skills or any hidden talents. I don't. "

" My first job out of college was at PBS as an administrative assistant. I thought I would be on the production side of things. "

" I appreciate people who sway to the beat of their own tambourine, like Iris Apfel and Helena Bonham Carter. "

Hong Chau

Appreciate

Own

" On 'Downsizing,' I had a trailer, and I got to bring my dog to work, and I thought, 'I've made it: I'm bringing my dog to work.' "