“Because growing up as an Asian-American and growing up as someone who ...” — Lee Isaac Chung Quote

“Because growing up as an Asian-American and growing up as someone who is not white, oftentimes in this country you can feel as though you're a foreigner, or you're reminded of being a foreigner, even though you're not. Even though inside, internally, you feel completely American.”

“I was used to always having a stack of Korean television VHS tapes growing up.”

“I began my filmmaking career by shooting a feature length documentary in China in 2004, the year I graduated from film school.”

“I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, but they've never taken center stage, they've never been really powerful, they've never expressed some of the experiences I had growing up in the U.S. Johnny Tam is the first one.”

“I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America.”

“We never set out to make one of the first Asian-American shows on cable. That's like, not a real fun creative place to live in, you know?”