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

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Black And White

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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