We promote Asian storytelling - not just Asian stories but Asian people in stories with the full spectrum of the human experience. When you say, 'Oh, it's not enough attention on Asians. It's more black and white,' that game becomes like you're playing the discrimination Olympics.

Ronny Chieng

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Crazy Rich Asians ' supporters promote Asian storytelling. Not just Asian stories, but Asian people in stories with the full spectrum of the human experience, when you say,' Oh, it's not enough attention on Asians, it's more black and white, that game becomes like you're playing the discrimination Olympics.

Ronny Chieng

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Finding a good barber is like finding a good lawyer - you gotta go to the same guy.

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good go you lawyer

Melbourne City is an awesome city. You can get everything: You can get open air. You can get city life. You can get cafes and bars. I started comedy here; I lived here for 10 years. I went to university here. This is my home ground.

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city you home life

I stopped eating processed sugar and carbohydrates.

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processed carbohydrates sugar eating

Underwear shouldn't hurt. If it hurts, you gotta change.

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you underwear change hurt

I've found that if you have big thighs, as I do, long underwear will not ride up.

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ride will you long

If you go to Japan, you have to take the train and go visit different capital cities. Just sticking to one city would be a shame, considering how easy it is to get around. Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto all have different vibes and sights.

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city you vibes easy

Always being the outsider, you... feel comfortable everywhere, but you don't really feel at home anywhere. I definitely draw comedy from that.

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feel you comedy home

I'm very much an action movie type of person. My wife is more of a 'Notebook' type of girl.

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I got into law school, and it required a maturity I didn't have at the time.

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I'm the worst night owl, because I'm a self-loathing night owl who thinks, 'No, I should be getting up early.' It feels unproductive. I must get over that.

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over worst owl night

Japan is the only country I have visited that I want to go to again. I just feel the Japanese have such good taste and dedication to craftsmanship in everything they do. They also merge the traditional and modern aspects of their culture so well.

Ronny Chieng

feel good dedication culture

I come from the corporate world, where everyone has a five-year plan, but performing arts doesn't work that way; you just kinda do the best job you can with the gig you've got.

Ronny Chieng

best you work world

You don't have to speak English to have sophisticated political opinions.

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english you political speak

I joined a campus competition, as I felt I could do comedy, and I won. Then I started doing standup gigs in 2009 while completing my law degree, but I never told my parents. They only discovered a few years later.

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parents competition comedy law

If I'm not touring, I wake up late - 10, 11 A.M. - and one of my favorite things is to go for brunch with my wife.

Ronny Chieng

go wake-up late wife

I'm on Twitter for work, but I hate it. I encourage everyone to delete it if possible.

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everyone possible hate work

I always take things too seriously.

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seriously things take always

I'm from Asia. You can hear it in my voice, and you can see it in my face, and that's primarily my perspective.

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face you perspective voice

I was not a great student.

Ronny Chieng

student great