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" I have a lot of random hobbies. "
Ross Butler
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" I like to say I was a creature in high school. A weird creature who had my hands in a lot of different things. "
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" I'm not that much of a singer. "
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" I'm trying to bring social games into the zeitgeist. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd. "
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Really
Nerd
" I like something with a really great storyline, characters, and concept. I like doing things that are new and cutting edge. "
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" Honestly, I love Ruth's Chris. "
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" 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. "
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White
Opportunity
" If someone offers me a hot plate of Penne Arrabiata, fageddaboutit. "
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Plate
" With social games, I bring my friends, and maybe they'll bring a friend or two, and when you're playing a game, you don't need to focus on trying to come up with things to talk about. "
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Friend
Friends
" Growing up, my favorite movies were 'Forrest Gump,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'Gladiator' - none of them really had Asian leading men. "
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Growing Up
Growing
Up
" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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Guilt
I Can
American
" 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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Feel
Share
Take
" 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. "
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People
Consequences
Never
" I wasn't bullied or anything, but I didn't really fit in. "
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Really
Fit
Bullied
" 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. "
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Young
Basketball
Football
" 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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Car
Go
Going
" There's so much diversity on TV. It's actually reflecting American culture. "
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Diversity
American
Culture
" People in high school either feel like they're with the cool kids in a clique, or they're isolated - there's no in-between. "
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School
People
High School
" 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. "
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Great
Kind
Career
" I'm not the Asian kid of 'Riverdale;' I'm Reggie, and I just happen to be Chinese. "
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Kid
Just
Happen
" 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. "
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America
Born
Country
" When I was growing up, my mom didn't let me watch a lot of TV. She said I couldn't watch 'Friends' or that era of sitcoms. "
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She
Me
" If everything could be like 'Forrest Gump,' I'd be happy. "
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Like
Happy
" My acting technique is a combination of a lot of different ones. A lot of it is Meisner. "
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Technique
Different
" I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or whatever. "
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Want
Inspire
Become
" 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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Doctor
Mom
Me
" I told my team, 'I don't want to go out for Asian roles anymore.' "
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Anymore
Asian
" I've played a jock a lot, but pretty nuanced jocks. "
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Pretty