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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" My full name is Ross Fleming Butler; it's very British-Irish. "

" 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. "

" 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 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.' "

" Honestly, I love Ruth's Chris. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "