It was moving to me how many people from the show reached out to me, and even on set... to say, Just so you know, we love you and we know who you are, and you didnt deserve any of that stuff, because they also know that Im an actress I can be dramatic. ABC's.

Constance Wu

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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.

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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.'

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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.

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When I was a teenager, I worked at the Gap for a summer folding shirts. That was pretty mindless and soul-sucking.

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I'm constantly paranoid that I'll be unemployed for the rest of my life... and have to go back folding shirts at the Gap, which you know... you gotta do what you gotta do.

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People's passion and desire for authenticity is strong. by Constance Wu

People's passion and desire for authenticity is strong.

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Authentic programming that shows the outside world garners authen... by Constance Wu

Authentic programming that shows the outside world garners authentic interest.

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