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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
~ B. D. Wong
Actor
Actor
Always
As Far As
Being
Casting
Chain
Control
Directors
Far
Food
Food Chain
Issues
Jobs
Living
Making
Making A Living
Minority
Order
Producers
Top
Trouble
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Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
~ B. D. Wong
Asian
Calls
Casting
Children
Come
Conservative
Doctors
Find
Kids
Lawyers
Might
Miss
Once
Opposed
Out
Parents
People
Practical
School
Very
Want
World
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Because of the accumulation of objects, things are never quite the way I want them to be. There has always been a lack of, well, clarity.
~ B. D. Wong
Accumulate
Always
Because
Been
Clarity
Lack
Never
Objects
Quite
Them
Things
Want
Way
Well
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Having done 'M. Butterfly,' I'm conscious of the choices women make with their clothes and makeup on screen.
~ B. D. Wong
Butterfly
Choices
Clothes
Conscious
Done
Having
Make
Makeup
On-Screen
Screen
Women
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I am fine playing 'Law & Order' and even the 'Jurassic' movies to be straight up, as far as the characters being portrayed there, but I never want to stay in straight-up land too long. I always wanted to do something where the character's world gets to be explored.
~ B. D. Wong
Always
Am
As Far As
Being
Character
Characters
Even
Explored
Far
Fine
Gets
I Am
Jurassic
Land
Law
Long
Movies
Never
Order
Playing
Portrayed
Something
Stay
Straight
Too
Up
Want
Wanted
Where
World
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I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didn't really like the violin. I was only doing it because I could, and I was good at it, and everyone was encouraging me. But I didn't have a great love for it.
~ B. D. Wong
Amount
Because
Certain
Could
Doing
Encouraging
Everyone
Good
Great
Great Love
Had
Like
Love
Me
Only
Point
Realized
Really
Some
Studied
Success
Violin
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I have a fear of labels. If someone labels me, I have to respond - do I acknowledge it, reject it, deny it, live up to it, and defy it? Labels can affect your ability to be yourself. If you're not careful, like I wasn't when I was young, that can take a toll on you. You find yourself conforming to everyone else's ideas of who you are.
~ B. D. Wong
Ability
Acknowledge
Affect
Be Yourself
Careful
Conforming
Defy
Deny
Else
Everyone
Fear
Find
Ideas
Labels
Like
Live
Me
Reject
Respond
Someone
Take
Toll
Up
Who
You
Young
Your
Yourself
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I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.
~ B. D. Wong
Any
Films
Hard
Hard Time
How
Man
Part
Play
Thinking
Time
Watching
Whether
Woman
Would
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I realize it's a cliche almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing.
~ B. D. Wong
Almost
Been
Cliche
Closet
Coming
Empowering
Has-Been
Healthy
Me
Out
Realize
Really
Thing
Truly
Very
Wonderful
Wonderful Thing
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I remain on 'SVU' because it is an incredible opportunity.
~ B. D. Wong
Because
Incredible
Opportunity
Remain
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I used to say that I didn't want anything to do with e-mail. It seemed really impersonal, complicated and weird. I had no idea what an amazing way it is to reach people.
~ B. D. Wong
Amazing
Anything
Complicated
E-Mail
Had
Idea
Impersonal
No Idea
People
Reach
Really
Say
Seemed
Used
Want
Way
Weird
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I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.
~ B. D. Wong
Because
Christmas
Full
Information
Just
Kind
Letter
Meaningless
Means
Much
Person
Read
Reading
Really
Resonate
Strong
Where
Wrote
You
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I'm basically nocturnal.
~ B. D. Wong
Basically
Nocturnal
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If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.
~ B. D. Wong
Career
Limit
Myself
Only
Opportunities
Parts
Playing
Presented
Virtually
Were
Without
Would
Would-Be
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In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.
~ B. D. Wong
Closest
Closest Thing
Like
Sitcom
Television
Theater
Thing
Working
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Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.
~ B. D. Wong
Because
Difficult
Everything
Gay
Great
Great Relationship
Him
Just
Just Because
Logical
Made
May
Maybe
Parent
Parents
Person
Reasons
Relationship
Understand
Who
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
~ B. D. Wong
Experience
Fantastic
Lucky
Oz
Playing
Priest
Very
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
~ B. D. Wong
Alienate
Me
Movies
Shows
Television
Television Shows
Them
Totally
Watch
White
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The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.
~ B. D. Wong
About
Aspects
Audience
Being
Enjoyment
Good
Great
Great Things
Letting
Movies
Much
Only
Out
Part
Play
Storyteller
Storytellers
Success
Surprise
Things
Withhold
Working
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Usually, when you are an ethnic person or a trans person, in your average, everyday, unsophisticated television show, you are there for that reason. And they clearly justify and overexplain why. You very rarely see a transgender actor playing the part of a grocery-store clerk without having to say, 'Oh, look at that trans person.'
~ B. D. Wong
Actor
Average
Clearly
Clerk
Ethnic
Everyday
Having
Justify
Look
Oh
Part
Person
Playing
Rarely
Reason
Say
See
Show
Television
Television Show
Transgender
Very
Why
Without
You
Your
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