Constance Wu
Constance Wu

Working on 'Fresh Off the Boat' has been really enlightening to me because it's made me actually think about the roles that Asians and Asian-American women have played in media. Not because I didn't think it was important before, but because before, I was really focused on just paying my rent.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

You're never going to please everyone, and if you do, there's something wrong.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

Listening to an underserved population is how you begin to understand them and serve them better.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

I don't fear being outspoken. The only thing I fear is losing my sense of integrity or losing sight of the values on which I guide my life. So I don't think it's particularly brave or unusual for me to speak out.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

I wish reporters were more in tune to the difference between the Asian experience and the Asian-American experience. I think often they lump the two together and think that when I talk about Asian-American narratives that they can cite 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' or 'Mulan' as proof of concept when it's a different experience.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

My parents did not pay a cent for my education; they didn't give me a car or furniture - I did that 100% on my own. I had to pay back a lot.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

Usually, I'll be auditioning for the third lead, and there will be Latina actresses, Indian actresses, African American actresses because it will be like, 'Let's check off this box. We have our lead white girl, and we need an ethnic slot.'

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

At one point, I quit acting for a little bit to study psycholinguistics - somewhat a more practical career. It just didn't feel right.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

I'm always hungry for the next thing. I'm never resting on my laurels.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

Specificity is what makes good storytelling, and good storytelling is what makes money, and making money is then what encourages new producers to invest in different stories about Asians.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

I don't aspire to just play things that are like me. Whether the accent is Taiwanese or British or Canadian - that is the very craft in which I was trained. It is my absolute privilege and honor to do that.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

All the networks have always been willing to have ethnic people as the third or fourth lead or the best friend to the white person. But to actually let a black family or an Asian family carry a show, that's something where there hasn't really been a precedent set in terms of a real financial gain.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

I'm not a naturally social-media inclined person. I still prefer phone calls to texts/emails. I... hate texts.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

The more you know about somebody's back story, the deeper you can delve into that well, and the more your comedic choices resonate full-body instead of just being quick, quippy one-liners that are just like a bunch of people trying to be clever. Because after a while, cleverness is just really obnoxious!

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

Being an actor, in and of itself, is just hard. You have to just do it for its own sake.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

My dad got a job as a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He teaches biology and genetics. My dad has been obsessed with science his whole life. Both my paternal grandparents were illiterate bamboo farmers, so he really worked his way up and then got a Ph.D., full ride and everything, from universities in America.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

Everyone's going to fail at some point. Even if you choose the steadiest career, you're going to go through that.

Constance Wu
Constance Wu

I passionately support Hillary Clinton for president because she has devoted her life to public service and has been willing to learn and change along the way by listening to the people she serves.