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

Ross Butler

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" 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. "

" I have a lot of random hobbies. "

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

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

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" 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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" I like something with a really great storyline, characters, and concept. I like doing things that are new and cutting edge. "

" I wasn't bullied or anything, but I didn't really fit in. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe - these leading men. These are the ones I grew up with. And Hugh Jackman. I love everything that these guys are doing. It's kind of been my mission to be an Asian-American version of that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Growing up, my favorite movies were 'Forrest Gump,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'Gladiator' - none of them really had Asian leading men. "

Ross Butler

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" Zendaya is really chill and cool. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" I'm not that much of a singer. "

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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. "