“I want to be able to connect with people through these stories and not...” — Greta Lee Quote

I want to be able to connect with people through these stories and not feel restricted by having to perform something that I'm often not.

I went to an all-Korean camp, and I insisted that they let me do a one-man show where I was Forrest Gump. The last line of the play was, 'Life is like a box of kimchi.'

We need people to be advocates. Viola Davis talked about this with her Emmy's speech: 'I'm only as good as the opportunities I'm given.' And that's so loaded. Because we're beholden to people, and I want to make my own opportunities.

I'm somewhere in between this American ideal and the Korean ideal, so I think that sort of kicked me in the butt and made me figure out my own space.

If I could pick one reason why I want to be a writer, it would be connection. In all kinds of ways, I like to be individual and distinct; but when I write, I want to be writing about things that connect me to the people for whom I write.

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

As a fighter, you know when you connect with a really good shot because you feel the impact on your fist.

I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'