Kevin Kwan Quotes
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Living in the West, you see how there's only two versions of how Asian men are supposed to be. Either they're very nice, yuppie husbands with children in ads, or they're IT geeks.
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I love Netflix and Amazon and watching movies on streamers as much as the next person.
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Even if they're not Asian or super rich... everyone has a nagging mother. Everyone has that obnoxious uncle, or that cousin who's a bit too snobby.
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One of the dreams on my wish list is to spend more time in Thailand.
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I come from an old establishment family from Singapore.
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Such huge money has been made in China - it can be hundreds of millions in a year - and there's a need to validate it by showing what they can buy and how much of it.
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Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies.
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It's not normal to go into a house and see a pond in the middle of the living room full of baby sharks. It's not normal to go to someone's garage and see a private plane.
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Certainly, living in the U.S., as I have for over two decades, you see how Asians are portrayed in the media... I didn't see myself represented, you know, when I used to look at ads on TV.
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Writers often say that characters begin to write themselves, and I never used to believe that. I always thought that was complete hogwash.
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There are old-money Asians that would never be caught dead with a Chanel handbag or sporting anything that has a label it.
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I've lived in New York City for over twenty years now, and every single day is like a new adventure. At this point, there are many places I'd love to visit, but I can't imagine living anywhere else on the planet.
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It would have been amazing to have been a student at Oxford during that golden moment in the 1910s, rubbing elbows with the likes of Aldous Huxley and T.E. Lawrence, before World War I shattered everything forever.
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It's human nature when you first make your big fortune to want to show off a bit. I don't begrudge that whatsoever.