Chon Quotes

I'm just following my own art, and I just think that the only thing I can do to be a great artist is do the best job I can in whatever movie I do. ~ Justin Chon

I had a date with a girl I called 'the parrot.' All she did was repeat everything I said. She never had an original thought of her own. Everything I liked, she liked. Everything I hated, she hated. It was annoying! ~ Justin Chon

My parents were always supportive of me in terms of expressing myself artistically. Art, musical instruments, singing - whatever I did, they were just really supportive. ~ Justin Chon

He feels
ennui
depression
adrift in his life. Purposeless, perhaps because
- dig a well in the Sudan and thejanjaweed come in and shoot the people anyway
- buy mosquito nets and the boys
you save grow up to
- rape women
- set up cottage industries in Myanmar and the army
- steals them and uses the women as slaves and
Ben is starting to be afraid that he is starting to share Chon's opinion of the human species
that people are basically
shit. ~ Don Winslow

It's funny - when I started acting, I didn't know I was going to be talking about Asian-American issues so much. You know what, though? It just comes with the territory, being ethnic. ~ Justin Chon

In life, try your best to do the right thing. Have fun while you're alive. Take advantage of every asset you have. Don't take anything for granted. ~ Justin Chon

I love Irvine. That's my 'hood. I went to USC and used to come home every weekend. It's in my comfort zone. ~ Justin Chon

The boys quiet until Ben looks across the table at Chon, holds his thumb and index finger a millimeter apart, and says, "We're that close to being gay."
They laugh for half an hour.
Collective dicks ~ Don Winslow

I don't think I'm a star. I just love to act. I'm not thinking I'm even close to where I want to be. ~ Justin Chon

'Twilight' is reaching so many people, and I think it's a really good step in the right direction for diversity and opening up doors. ~ Justin Chon

I did an internship in the Silicon Valley during the Internet boom. I couldn't imagine sitting in a cubicle the rest of my life, so I gave acting a try. I would have been happy doing theater and making nothing. ~ Justin Chon

I'm all about making my girl feel like she's the only woman in the world. Whether it's telling her how special she is or showing her with gifts and romantic dates, I want to make her happy. ~ Justin Chon

As an actor, you can play different age ranges and different ethnicities. ~ Justin Chon

Being an actor is great; you chill in your trailer, and they bring you a breakfast burrito and coffee. But as director, you're responsible for every little thing. ~ Justin Chon

I think that it'd be nice for other Asians to support other Asian artists and help each other instead of pull each other down. ~ Justin Chon

I did this one movie with a great director named Wayne Kramer. It was 'Crossing Over,' and Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd and Ray Liotta were in it. I was one of the leads, and I thought this was it. It got shelved for two years, and then it was in theaters maybe a week. After that, I adopted a philosophy of, 'Hope for the best, expect the worst.' ~ Justin Chon

Together, Ben and Chon make up a collective pacifist. Ben is the paci Chon is the fist. ~ Don Winslow

If I could go back, I think I would be a rock star instead of an actor, man. ~ Justin Chon