Jimmy O. Yang (performing a bit)

as an Asian American, as an actor, as an artist, and I think just as an outsider, as someone who felt like I was always in the background of my life and I always have to find a way to sneak in. And I'm like, man, It almost sounded like the book was based on my climb and struggle in my career. From Willis being a background guy, which I was. From Willis having a bit part, which I was.

I was Chinese teenager number two. I was person in line. And to Willis becoming the tech guy, which I was on Silicon Valley. So I just really connected to the role. And of course the book and the script were so well written by Charlie Yu. I felt really passionate about it. Rarely does a script or something land on my desk where I felt a personal connection with.

I was Chinese teenager number two. I was person in line. And to Willis becoming the tech guy, which I was on Silicon Valley. So I just really connected to the role. And of course the book and the script were so well written by Charlie Yu. I felt really passionate about it. Rarely does a script or something land on my desk where I felt a personal connection with.

I was Chinese teenager number two. I was person in line. And to Willis becoming the tech guy, which I was on Silicon Valley. So I just really connected to the role. And of course the book and the script were so well written by Charlie Yu. I felt really passionate about it. Rarely does a script or something land on my desk where I felt a personal connection with.

And from then on, I was like, man, I got to get this. I got to do this.

And from then on, I was like, man, I got to get this. I got to do this.

And from then on, I was like, man, I got to get this. I got to do this.

Yeah, I think, first of all, that scene, it really made me smile when I think about it. It's almost like an old-school physical comedy scene where Willis, me, I was trying to get into this door in the police precinct, and I can't. Like a Monty Python or something, like a sketch. So it made me laugh, and I had a lot of fun doing it. But there's such a deeper meaning on, hey, you don't belong here.

Yeah, I think, first of all, that scene, it really made me smile when I think about it. It's almost like an old-school physical comedy scene where Willis, me, I was trying to get into this door in the police precinct, and I can't. Like a Monty Python or something, like a sketch. So it made me laugh, and I had a lot of fun doing it. But there's such a deeper meaning on, hey, you don't belong here.

Yeah, I think, first of all, that scene, it really made me smile when I think about it. It's almost like an old-school physical comedy scene where Willis, me, I was trying to get into this door in the police precinct, and I can't. Like a Monty Python or something, like a sketch. So it made me laugh, and I had a lot of fun doing it. But there's such a deeper meaning on, hey, you don't belong here.

And then he had to find a lot of ways to sneak in, which, in a way, I kind of felt... Like that in my career. I didn't go to Juilliard or NYU like a fancy acting school or something like that. I had to do open mics where I pay $5, five minutes of stage time, and then kind of snuck in by doing some commercials.

And then he had to find a lot of ways to sneak in, which, in a way, I kind of felt... Like that in my career. I didn't go to Juilliard or NYU like a fancy acting school or something like that. I had to do open mics where I pay $5, five minutes of stage time, and then kind of snuck in by doing some commercials.

And then he had to find a lot of ways to sneak in, which, in a way, I kind of felt... Like that in my career. I didn't go to Juilliard or NYU like a fancy acting school or something like that. I had to do open mics where I pay $5, five minutes of stage time, and then kind of snuck in by doing some commercials.

So in a way, I think that's very true to my own experience and I think to the Asian-American experience where a lot of times we feel invisible and that invisibility has been internalized. That we don't think about it every day, but we just accepted it. And in a way, that's even more dangerous.

So in a way, I think that's very true to my own experience and I think to the Asian-American experience where a lot of times we feel invisible and that invisibility has been internalized. That we don't think about it every day, but we just accepted it. And in a way, that's even more dangerous.

So in a way, I think that's very true to my own experience and I think to the Asian-American experience where a lot of times we feel invisible and that invisibility has been internalized. That we don't think about it every day, but we just accepted it. And in a way, that's even more dangerous.

Yeah. like the tagline of the show, the poster of the show is me getting kicked out of a window, you know, and, which is a fun scene. I'm not going to give too much away. But, it's break out of your role. That's the tagline of the show. And I thought it really is that it's breaking out of the role that society expects you of.

Yeah. like the tagline of the show, the poster of the show is me getting kicked out of a window, you know, and, which is a fun scene. I'm not going to give too much away. But, it's break out of your role. That's the tagline of the show. And I thought it really is that it's breaking out of the role that society expects you of.

Yeah. like the tagline of the show, the poster of the show is me getting kicked out of a window, you know, and, which is a fun scene. I'm not going to give too much away. But, it's break out of your role. That's the tagline of the show. And I thought it really is that it's breaking out of the role that society expects you of.

It's breaking out of a role that your family expects you of, you know, and we all have that Asian or not, you know, like my family expected me to be an engineer, a good student, definitely not a comedian, you know, and an actor. And society expects me to be the model minority, you know, And then I have to prove to myself that this is possible.