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" Sometimes, we want Asians in the media, but we don't want them to talk about being Asian. For me, that's interesting because I'm from Asia. If you want me to be on television but I can't be Asian, I'm not being true to myself. "

Ronny Chieng

You

Myself

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Great

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Comedy

" We promote Asian storytelling - not just Asian stories but Asian people in stories with the full spectrum of the human experience. When you say, 'Oh, it's not enough attention on Asians. It's more black and white,' that game becomes like you're playing the discrimination Olympics. "

" Obviously, you're a better writer at 31 then you are at 19. Hopefully, you're also a better human being and better at describing reality. "

" I grew up in Singapore, and I went to Australia for law school, and after law school, I started doing stand-up comedy. "

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" I don't want to ever tell a stereotype joke for the sake of it. I'm going to tell the story that I feel is true. "

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" I like to think we're all the sum of our experiences, so no one has my perspective. "

Ronny Chieng

Experiences

Think

" University characters are prime for parody, you know - the self-entitled rich kids to the self-important protestors to the international students. "

" That's the thing about 'The Daily Show' - we're doing four shows a week, so we can't be too precious about what's going on. "

" I invested in bitcoin - was that because of my degree? I don't know. "

" That's really my main message: everyone is stupid, and no one is more stupid than the rest. "

Ronny Chieng

Message

Rest

" You don't have to speak English to have sophisticated political opinions. "

" I always take things too seriously. "

" I'm on Twitter for work, but I hate it. I encourage everyone to delete it if possible. "

" The common thread of my comedy shows is conflict and, I guess, the frustration of people who either argue with you or just say stuff which is blatantly incorrect, and nobody calls them out on it. "

" We were constantly traveling between Malaysia and Singapore, which is connected by a bridge at the southernmost end of Malaysia. In fact, when I was a child, I had to go between countries twice a day to go to school, because I was living in Malaysia at the time but attending primary school in Singapore. "

" I come from the corporate world, where everyone has a five-year plan, but performing arts doesn't work that way; you just kinda do the best job you can with the gig you've got. "

" You just have to tell your authentic stories, and hopefully, it resonates. Whatever your story is, you just have to tell it authentically. "

" I'm very much an action movie type of person. My wife is more of a 'Notebook' type of girl. "

" I think the whole 'tiger mom' thing is a very common trope. People like to show Asian moms giving pressure, but they don't really show the love that comes with it. "

" When you do any job well, it looks very natural. "

" I stopped eating processed sugar and carbohydrates. "

" I usually say something if I hear someone I know saying something I think is racist with malicious intent. "

" We didn't really have vacations when I was a child. "

" I've been seesawing between not doing too much racial stuff - because I'd rather be known as the funny comedian than the funny Chinese comedian - but at the same time embracing my voice and who I am and what makes me unique, you know, which is the racial background. "