Eddie huang

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.

I'll always be Chinese first. It probably isn't politically correct to say or something that the majority understands; I can change my shoes, I can swap my passport, but, I'll always have this face.

But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.

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

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

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

I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.

I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school.

I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere.

I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about.