Anne-Marie Baldonado

That's a clip from Jimmy O. Yang's stand-up special. So how did it actually happen that he became an actor?

So there's one time where you actually took a role from your father. It was for the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. How did that happen?

So there's one time where you actually took a role from your father. It was for the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. How did that happen?

So there's one time where you actually took a role from your father. It was for the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. How did that happen?

And then you did end up getting your dad a job years later when you were in the film Patriots Day.

And then you did end up getting your dad a job years later when you were in the film Patriots Day.

And then you did end up getting your dad a job years later when you were in the film Patriots Day.

What is it like working with your dad? Have you also had conversations? I mean, now you're both actors. Do you talk about acting?

What is it like working with your dad? Have you also had conversations? I mean, now you're both actors. Do you talk about acting?

What is it like working with your dad? Have you also had conversations? I mean, now you're both actors. Do you talk about acting?

What a gift you have that you're getting to forge this different kind of relationship with your Asian dad. How many of us would have killed for that?

What a gift you have that you're getting to forge this different kind of relationship with your Asian dad. How many of us would have killed for that?

What a gift you have that you're getting to forge this different kind of relationship with your Asian dad. How many of us would have killed for that?

Let's take a short break here and then we'll talk some more. My guest is the actor and stand-up comic Jimmy O. Yang. His new TV show is Interior Chinatown, based on the award-winning novel of the same name. More after a break. This is Fresh Air. This is Fresh Air. I'm Anne-Marie Baldonado, back with stand-up comic and actor Jimmy O. Yang.

Let's take a short break here and then we'll talk some more. My guest is the actor and stand-up comic Jimmy O. Yang. His new TV show is Interior Chinatown, based on the award-winning novel of the same name. More after a break. This is Fresh Air. This is Fresh Air. I'm Anne-Marie Baldonado, back with stand-up comic and actor Jimmy O. Yang.

Let's take a short break here and then we'll talk some more. My guest is the actor and stand-up comic Jimmy O. Yang. His new TV show is Interior Chinatown, based on the award-winning novel of the same name. More after a break. This is Fresh Air. This is Fresh Air. I'm Anne-Marie Baldonado, back with stand-up comic and actor Jimmy O. Yang.

You may know him from Silicon Valley and Crazy Rich Asians or from his stand-up specials. Now he stars in the new TV show Interior Chinatown, based on the award-winning novel of the same name. My judge wrote an introduction to your book, your memoir, How to American. And you are friends.

You may know him from Silicon Valley and Crazy Rich Asians or from his stand-up specials. Now he stars in the new TV show Interior Chinatown, based on the award-winning novel of the same name. My judge wrote an introduction to your book, your memoir, How to American. And you are friends.

You may know him from Silicon Valley and Crazy Rich Asians or from his stand-up specials. Now he stars in the new TV show Interior Chinatown, based on the award-winning novel of the same name. My judge wrote an introduction to your book, your memoir, How to American. And you are friends.

Of course, he co-created Silicon Valley, which was the show that you co-started and was kind of your big acting break. And in the introduction, he says that when they cast you, he didn't know that you weren't exactly like your character. Can you describe your character and how you approached auditioning for that show?