Ross Butler

“In my head, I'd love to go on a vacation to somewhere exotic and far away and in the middle of nowhere. But then I think about the effort it would take to book a flight and a hotel, etc., and I just end up staycationing.”

“I'm allergic to cats, so I'm psychologically wired to associating kittens with itchy eyes and popping Claritin.”

“I don't think I have any guilt or embarrassment about any of the TV shows I watch. Maybe the fact that the shows I can watch over and over again are cartoons like 'Bob's Burgers' and 'American Dad' and 'Rick & Morty.'”

“There's so many Chinese or Asian Americans that were either born in another country like I was and raised in America or born in America and raised in America. They're normal Americans, and they just happen to have a different heritage.”

“If I didn't mind having a quarter of my car payment going towards a gym membership, I'd definitely go to Equinox.”

“I'm trying to bring social games into the zeitgeist.”

“I like to say I was a creature in high school. A weird creature who had my hands in a lot of different things.”

“I don't want to be super aggressive, but I think it's an issue that the population of America isn't reflected accurately in a lot of movies. I'm just disappointed that there isn't an Asian leading man or an Asian leading woman. There's an obvious gap that should be filled.”

“I know I play a lot of jocks, but I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd. It's one of the most interesting fields of entertainment because you get to create your own role and create your own rules. Some people get so creative with it, and I'm also super competitive. I'm a really big nerd.”

“All of our actions have consequences whether we know it or not. We never know what people are going through until something tragic happens - if they don't talk about it.”

“Zendaya is really chill and cool.”

“I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or whatever.”

“There are no Asian leading men in Hollywood. There's not an Asian Ryan Gosling or an Asian Brad Pitt.”

“When I started acting, one of the first things I learned was - especially in Hollywood - was branding. I'm a tall guy. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably going to be my foot in the door,' because that's my impression on everybody. I'm an athletic guy, and I think, because I grew up disliking jocks so much, that became, like, the character for me.”

“I had a lot of friends, but none of them I felt super close with. Now that I'm older, I can look back on my teenage self and kind of see the things I did wrong and the things I did right, what affect they had on me, and what affect they had on other people. I can look at it in a much more conducive way to storytelling.”

“'Mulan' is an iconic story for the Asian American community.”

“People in high school either feel like they're with the cool kids in a clique, or they're isolated - there's no in-between.”

“I've played lacrosse players, football players, basketball players. I think that's just because of how I'm built. I look young, and I'm also a big person.”

“There's so much diversity on TV. It's actually reflecting American culture.”

“I'm not that much of a singer.”