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" I'm not the Asian kid of 'Riverdale;' I'm Reggie, and I just happen to be Chinese. "
Ross Butler
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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. "
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" If everything could be like 'Forrest Gump,' I'd be happy. "
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" 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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" My acting technique is a combination of a lot of different ones. A lot of it is Meisner. "
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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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Experience
Great
" There's so much diversity on TV. It's actually reflecting American culture. "
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Diversity
American
Culture
" There are no Asian leading men in Hollywood. There's not an Asian Ryan Gosling or an Asian Brad Pitt. "
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Men
Ryan
Asian
" 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. "
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" Growing up, my favorite movies were 'Forrest Gump,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'Gladiator' - none of them really had Asian leading men. "
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Up
" I'm trying to bring social games into the zeitgeist. "
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" 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? "
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American
Fighting
" 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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Friends
She
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. "
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America
Born
Country
" I'm not that much of a singer. "
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Singer
Much
" My full name is Ross Fleming Butler; it's very British-Irish. "
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Full
Name
Very
" 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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American
White
Opportunity
" I told my team, 'I don't want to go out for Asian roles anymore.' "
Ross Butler
Team
Anymore
Asian
" 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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Focus
Friend
Friends
" 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
" 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
" If someone offers me a hot plate of Penne Arrabiata, fageddaboutit. "
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Plate
" 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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Interesting
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" I wasn't bullied or anything, but I didn't really fit in. "
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Fit
Bullied
" 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 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 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. "
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Say
Hard
Real
" I'm allergic to cats, so I'm psychologically wired to associating kittens with itchy eyes and popping Claritin. "
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Cats
Allergic
Eyes
" I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd. "
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" 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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