Anne-Marie Baldonado

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?

Right. It's like accepting that you're only good for the background.

Right. It's like accepting that you're only good for the background.

Right. It's like accepting that you're only good for the background.

I read that to get into this character, you bought a beat-up Toyota Corolla and drove it around town. Why did you decide to do that, and what did you learn?

I read that to get into this character, you bought a beat-up Toyota Corolla and drove it around town. Why did you decide to do that, and what did you learn?

I read that to get into this character, you bought a beat-up Toyota Corolla and drove it around town. Why did you decide to do that, and what did you learn?

I want to ask you about your childhood. You were born in Hong Kong, but your parents were from Shanghai. Can you talk about what that was like, what you remember about being a kid before you moved to the U.S.?

I want to ask you about your childhood. You were born in Hong Kong, but your parents were from Shanghai. Can you talk about what that was like, what you remember about being a kid before you moved to the U.S.?

I want to ask you about your childhood. You were born in Hong Kong, but your parents were from Shanghai. Can you talk about what that was like, what you remember about being a kid before you moved to the U.S.?

Now, your family, your parents, and you and your older brother immigrated to the U.S. when you were 13. Your grandparents, I think, and other relatives were already living in the L.A. area. What was it like when you first got there and your grandparents lived in Beverly Hills, which you thought would be way fancy? You thought it would be fancy.

Now, your family, your parents, and you and your older brother immigrated to the U.S. when you were 13. Your grandparents, I think, and other relatives were already living in the L.A. area. What was it like when you first got there and your grandparents lived in Beverly Hills, which you thought would be way fancy? You thought it would be fancy.

Now, your family, your parents, and you and your older brother immigrated to the U.S. when you were 13. Your grandparents, I think, and other relatives were already living in the L.A. area. What was it like when you first got there and your grandparents lived in Beverly Hills, which you thought would be way fancy? You thought it would be fancy.

They won't revoke your diploma.

They won't revoke your diploma.

They won't revoke your diploma.

I think sometimes when immigrants or people of color are growing up, they end up overcompensating. Like in order to fit in, they become like uber quote unquote American.

I think sometimes when immigrants or people of color are growing up, they end up overcompensating. Like in order to fit in, they become like uber quote unquote American.

I think sometimes when immigrants or people of color are growing up, they end up overcompensating. Like in order to fit in, they become like uber quote unquote American.

Or try to be extremely mainstream. I think that happens with immigrant kids, kids of immigrants. I know it happened with me at points when I was a kid. Did this happen to you like in the interest of belonging or assimilating?