"When you're Asian growing up in America, you think you're looking at yourself in the mirror. But you're really looking at yourself through white America's eyeballs". Fire quote! I referenced this quote in my video..talking about Asian Americans and the things we deal with.
man, john just fanboyed for the first 2 minutes and it was everything ive ever wanted to hear, followed by a brilliant, intellectual question _yES PLEASE_
Omg I love that..."you can't complain about harvest time when you didnt plant anything!" this is the story of my life. When I was a young girl, I wanted to be a model and actress. I never got that much work and when I did get work, I was always the lowest priority. They always paid more attention to the white girl by giving her the prettiest dress and by making sure her make-up was perfect and she always had the most camera time. We also got paid less. When we did a group shot, I always had to stand behind the white girls or to the side. The worst part is that Asian designers, photographers and art stylists often reinforce this and never did anything to correct it. So I always felt less pretty and less valuable. Finally Jon is fixing this! Anyhow decided to quit this world and I ended up going back to school and studied finance. I now joke that I traded in fashion modeling for financial modeling but to this day it still hurts.
John Cho and John Chu have to do this again! I LOVED watching them talk together. They were so interesting to watch and I learned so much. And when you were just getting into it, you had to stop. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do another show together where you talk again. I can't wait! Luv ya both!
Amazing interview and awesome insights shared by extremely talented Asian American men! Please do more like these with other Asian American celebrities and artists!
John Cho is such an awesome role model for Asian Americans.
"When you're Asian growing up in America, you think you're looking at yourself in the mirror. But you're really looking at yourself through white America's eyeballs". Fire quote!
I referenced this quote in my video..talking about Asian Americans and the things we deal with.
man, john just fanboyed for the first 2 minutes and it was everything ive ever wanted to hear, followed by a brilliant, intellectual question _yES PLEASE_
I feel like I could have watched them talk for like two hours more. So interesting.
These guys are the modern Asian male role models.
Omg I love that..."you can't complain about harvest time when you didnt plant anything!" this is the story of my life. When I was a young girl, I wanted to be a model and actress. I never got that much work and when I did get work, I was always the lowest priority. They always paid more attention to the white girl by giving her the prettiest dress and by making sure her make-up was perfect and she always had the most camera time. We also got paid less. When we did a group shot, I always had to stand behind the white girls or to the side. The worst part is that Asian designers, photographers and art stylists often reinforce this and never did anything to correct it. So I always felt less pretty and less valuable. Finally Jon is fixing this! Anyhow decided to quit this world and I ended up going back to school and studied finance. I now joke that I traded in fashion modeling for financial modeling but to this day it still hurts.
John Cho and John Chu have to do this again! I LOVED watching them talk together. They were so interesting to watch and I learned so much. And when you were just getting into it, you had to stop. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do another show together where you talk again. I can't wait! Luv ya both!
really productive discussion here, great to hear what was on their minds about each other's works
Amazing interview and awesome insights shared by extremely talented Asian American men! Please do more like these with other Asian American celebrities and artists!
Excellent poignant content. Loved how deeply engaged both of them were. Thanks for this. Keep it up!
Loved this!!!!