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" The beauty of the university world is that you can use it as a microcosm to parody anything in the 'real' world. "

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" 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. "

" Whatever what your job is, you want to do a job that matters. "

" 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. "

" America - it's the best and the worst. "

" Melbourne City is an awesome city. You can get everything: You can get open air. You can get city life. You can get cafes and bars. I started comedy here; I lived here for 10 years. I went to university here. This is my home ground. "

" I'm from Asia. You can hear it in my voice, and you can see it in my face, and that's primarily my perspective. "

" 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. "

" Underwear shouldn't hurt. If it hurts, you gotta change. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You don't need to go far to see the hatred and abuse that happens online. Even using social media is anti-social because people are always on their phones. "

" Finding a good barber is like finding a good lawyer - you gotta go to the same guy. "

" 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. "

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" I got into law school, and it required a maturity I didn't have at the time. "

" I once did a gig at an office Christmas party in the showroom floor of a friend's father's home appliance shop in the suburbs of Melbourne. It was to a much older crowd. Without a microphone. Or a stage. With the queue for the buffet behind me. "

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

" When you do comedy shows, you usually don't finish until about 11 P.M. Then you have this adrenaline dump, and you get hungry. "

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

" I saw 'Seinfeld' on TV and told my mum that would be something cool to try one day, and she was like, OK, 'Here is a five-year-old telling me what they want to when they grow up' sort of thing, and what would they know, right! "

" 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. "

" We're pretty down-to-earth at 'The Daily Show.' Everyone is pretty sane. We don't party crazy. "

" What happened was, in my final year of university in Australia, there was a campus comedy competition, and I felt like it was something I could do. I won that competition, and I kept doing it, and I couldn't get a job in law. So I just kept doing comedy. "

" American comic Bill Burr makes me laugh a lot. "

" Japan is the only country I have visited that I want to go to again. I just feel the Japanese have such good taste and dedication to craftsmanship in everything they do. They also merge the traditional and modern aspects of their culture so well. "

" Always being the outsider, you... feel comfortable everywhere, but you don't really feel at home anywhere. I definitely draw comedy from that. "

" I'm the worst night owl, because I'm a self-loathing night owl who thinks, 'No, I should be getting up early.' It feels unproductive. I must get over that. "

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

" I think when people talk about race relations in America, they talk about African-American and white people. Asians are not often brought into the conversation. But there's a historical legacy of issues between them. It's hard to be like, 'What about us?' But we are a little underrepresented. "

" If you go to Japan, you have to take the train and go visit different capital cities. Just sticking to one city would be a shame, considering how easy it is to get around. Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto all have different vibes and sights. "