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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Weirdly enough - if I make enough money one day - I want to open a board game bar. "

" 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. "

" Honestly, I love Ruth's Chris. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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? "

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

" Zendaya is really chill and cool. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I have a lot of random hobbies. "