Randall Park

“I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.”

“There are a lot of communities within the Asian Pacific Islander umbrella that are predominantly more working-class or lower class, and those stories haven't been told yet, so my hope is that we see the gamut of perspectives.”

“I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.”

“I'm not a big steak guy.”

“I remember, as a kid, I loved kimchi. It wasn't weird to me at all because it was in our house all the time. There was never a second when a huge jar wasn't in our refrigerator. I remember bringing it to school, and that just did not go over well at all.”

“When you write a memoir, and it's your life, and you're exposing things that are close to home, it's hard to see it changed.”

“I remember in the '70s or the early '80s, there were a lot of viewpoints represented on TV. And I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened in the '90s.”

“If a casting breakdown said 'All-American Type' or 'Lead Role,' I knew they weren't thinking of me.”

“I always feel that comedy, at its best, tackles issues that are controversial, polarizing, volatile, and sheds light onto those issues and the people involved.”

“People really liked my dad.”

“My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.”

“I'm on Twitter, but I'm not super active. I follow a lot of the same people that a lot of people follow: Rob Delaney, Megan Amram, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, people I've worked with.”

“I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.”

“I've been reading a lot about North Korea ever since I got the part in 'The Interview' because it's just such a fascinating place. There are so many amazing stories of bravery coming out of there.”

“I fell in love with acting while I was a student at UCLA.”

“My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.”

“The most common things I would go out for would be, like, 'the Lab Technician' on a crime procedural, usually an expert in either a medical or a computer-oriented field.”

“For network TV, you obviously have to appeal to a wide viewership.”

“As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.”

“My father was a small business owner. When I was growing up, he ran a one-hour photo store - back when there were one-hour photo stores.”