"…If you start thinking about representation too much—and you think about what movie should exist for an Asian-American person, and for an Asian-American male, or what you would like to see an Asian-American male doing on TV or in movies, even though that’s a legitimate thing to think about—it clouds my ability to go, “Oh, that’s just a fun thing. I’d like to throw myself into that situation”..."
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On becoming the poster boy for Asian American representation in “John Cho Doesn't Have All the Answers” in GQ Magazine (2018 Aug 14)
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