"People are always asking me about the importance of representation and identity in relation to making The Farewell and of course those things are really important to me – thinking about my identity and exploring my identity in the west. But I would love it if men – white men – were also asked the same questions as me. They should be asked these questions so they can be more conscientious about how they’re representing people, how they’re not representing people, and aware of their own blind spots."
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As quoted in "The Farewell's Lulu Wang: ‘I would love it if white men were asked the same questions as me’" in The Guardian (27 August 2019)
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