Anne-Marie Baldonado

He found comedy while still in college and started performing in clubs almost every night. His big acting break came in 2014 when he was cast in the HBO comedy Silicon Valley. Roles in the films Crazy Rich Asians and Patriot's Day were to follow. He has numerous stand-up specials, and he wrote a book called How to American, An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents.

He found comedy while still in college and started performing in clubs almost every night. His big acting break came in 2014 when he was cast in the HBO comedy Silicon Valley. Roles in the films Crazy Rich Asians and Patriot's Day were to follow. He has numerous stand-up specials, and he wrote a book called How to American, An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents.

He found comedy while still in college and started performing in clubs almost every night. His big acting break came in 2014 when he was cast in the HBO comedy Silicon Valley. Roles in the films Crazy Rich Asians and Patriot's Day were to follow. He has numerous stand-up specials, and he wrote a book called How to American, An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents.

Jimmy O. Yang, welcome to Fresh Air.

Jimmy O. Yang, welcome to Fresh Air.

Jimmy O. Yang, welcome to Fresh Air.

Okay. I'll be there.

Okay. I'll be there.

Okay. I'll be there.

I want to start by talking about your new show, Interior Chinatown. I read that when you heard about this project, you felt like you had to get the role of Willis. Why did you feel so strongly about this story?

I want to start by talking about your new show, Interior Chinatown. I read that when you heard about this project, you felt like you had to get the role of Willis. Why did you feel so strongly about this story?

I want to start by talking about your new show, Interior Chinatown. I read that when you heard about this project, you felt like you had to get the role of Willis. Why did you feel so strongly about this story?

The book Interior Chinatown was written, like you said, by Charles Yu. He's a writer for TV shows as well as a novelist. And he wrote the book and adapted it for TV. Did you talk about his ideas for the book and also the show, like what he was trying to get across, what frustrations he wanted to address?

The book Interior Chinatown was written, like you said, by Charles Yu. He's a writer for TV shows as well as a novelist. And he wrote the book and adapted it for TV. Did you talk about his ideas for the book and also the show, like what he was trying to get across, what frustrations he wanted to address?

The book Interior Chinatown was written, like you said, by Charles Yu. He's a writer for TV shows as well as a novelist. And he wrote the book and adapted it for TV. Did you talk about his ideas for the book and also the show, like what he was trying to get across, what frustrations he wanted to address?

There are all these ways the show sets up Asian-American stereotypes and then subverts them. Like one example is – it's a small example, but at one point, you know, Willis' character isn't able to enter the police station to work on a case. And he tries and you just can't get in. But then he gets this idea of pretending –

There are all these ways the show sets up Asian-American stereotypes and then subverts them. Like one example is – it's a small example, but at one point, you know, Willis' character isn't able to enter the police station to work on a case. And he tries and you just can't get in. But then he gets this idea of pretending –

There are all these ways the show sets up Asian-American stereotypes and then subverts them. Like one example is – it's a small example, but at one point, you know, Willis' character isn't able to enter the police station to work on a case. And he tries and you just can't get in. But then he gets this idea of pretending –

to be a delivery guy, and that gets him in so he can start working on the case. And that keeps happening. He becomes all of these background characters, delivery guy, tech guy. And that's just one example. But can you talk about how the show plays with stereotypes like that and tries to invert them?

to be a delivery guy, and that gets him in so he can start working on the case. And that keeps happening. He becomes all of these background characters, delivery guy, tech guy. And that's just one example. But can you talk about how the show plays with stereotypes like that and tries to invert them?