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My first movie was with Clark Gable, but back in those days, the leading role was played by these guys with their eyes taped up, and they talked like this, the producer said the Asians were not good enough and they (were) not box office, but look at us now.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Chip shortage seems to have a larger impact on Japanese and Europeans as the shortage is mainly caused by NXP Semiconductors and Infineon.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
You know, seeing this thing grow as it is to what it is... I still can't believe it, i have to be proud of what I've done. But you can't be too proud, because there's too much work to do.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I said,' This is not a good image of the Chinese... You've got to improve the image of the Asians here.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I got the second-biggest fan mail ever on the Groucho Marx show.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I did impersonations of Groucho Marx, James Cagney, and so forth.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I could just retire on my pension, my( Screen Actors Guild) pension, and go to Europe and tour, and India, but something inside me, inside of James Hong, wants to keep on going and do more movies and progress... I'm going to do other movies until I can't walk anymore and can't talk anymore. Then, I'll take that tour.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Well, you know, Chinese parents want you to do some professional jobs rather than be an actor, being an actor is like the last rung in the ladder of professions. They don't even call it a profession because it's shameful to demonstrate your feelings in front of an audience. You were taught to be kind of quiet and to keep to yourself.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Even though the actors and singers have talent, they can't move forward because there are not enough roles, that's a shame, because it's a waste of good talent. We can't express ourselves in the way we want to in the mainstream movies and TV because it's controlled by somebody else.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
East West Players were formulated to showcase works by Asians, who wrote the play, who designed the stage, who act in the play, it was all done by Asian people, professional people.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
That started the industry noticing who we were, we weren't just extras, or gimmick people. We were in a play that we organized. We were the main, lead people. We were the actors. And we commanded attention.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I read the script, I said,' This is terrible,' all the roles were the opium dope people and the prostitutes and so forth.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I did the best as an actor to overcome the cliché-ness because I had to in order to keep working, i took those roles and then I used what my teachers had taught me and put the real feelings, even if it's a villain... I try to find what makes the person really that person.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
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