Eddie Huang Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I saw an opportunity to use a restaurant to identify a lot of my issues and concerns with being an immigrant in America, and Asian in America, and a young person in America.”

“Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.”

“My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.”

“I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.”

“I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common.”

“New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.”

“There is a lot of food culture that goes on in the home and in the community in non-traditional ways. Food is a lot more than restaurants.”

“I choose to be American, I choose to live in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, I choose to have Puerto Rican/Jewish neighbors, and I choose to maintain my Chinese identity.”

“I don't want to get burned when I'm cooking. To avoid getting hit when pan-frying, I stand far away and use chopsticks that are almost two feet long. I learned it from my mom, who does the same thing.”

“I'll always be American in my world view and allegiance. American in the naive way I go to other countries and tell them how they should treat their poor or clean their water.”