The joy of tasting different cultures is it gives you a broad perspective, and you don't judge people from stereotypical characters you see in films.
Bali is one of those places you can just keep going back to, and everything is there: the infrastructure, the culture, the art, the beautiful villas. My wife Liv and I go there quite often because we know that when we do arrive, it's like an instant holiday.
You can hit the proverbial roof at certain areas in the industry unless you venture out. And I never really set out in my career to stay in one place. I wanted to go out and try new things. Luckily, I've had that opportunity.
No one knows the three-dimensional story of who I am. Or anyone is.
We've all been that young love, trying to impress the in-laws or having these crazy cousins that we're related to by blood - we can't choose them as sort of friends, but they're there.
Bali is the sort of place where you can walk down the street and find something picturesque.
I'm neither half white nor half Asian. I'm full both.
You need to take pride in where you're from.
I was born in the jungles of Borneo.
You can have Asians being leading men that are sex symbols. You can have leading women powering through.
I don't want to get stuck in romantic comedy.
Jon Chu is an absolute genius with his story-weaving.
You can try to justify how Asian you are, but you're never going to make everybody happy.
Travel opens eyes and perspectives.
The fact is, I'm half-British, half-Malaysian. For an Asian who's grown up in America to be commenting on how Asian I am when they've never left America... does that make them more or less Asian than me?
I've lived 16, 17 years of my life in Asia, and that's most of my life. I was born in Asia - I've lived cultures that are synonymous with Asian culture - but it's still not Asian enough for some people.
Everybody's had problems with their family. Everybody's had the pressures of finding the right love or not loving the right person because other people say so.
The only reason I left the salon was really to chase these dreams of either being an MTV host or a travel host. I loved the idea of doing something fun and interesting for a living, and that is what got me over to Malaysia.
In 'Crazy Rich Asians,' Singapore will be seen as it should be seen, without CGI, without the altering of the images to be more Chinese - a representation of Singapore as we know it and love it.
I have an obscene fascination with cats... It's kind of embarrassing. But they're so cute.
