Jimmy O. Yang (performing a bit)

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.

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.

There's so much nuance within Chinese culture. With Shanghainese parents, I grew up speaking Shanghainese to them. I still speak Shanghainese to them, which is a local dialect. In Hong Kong, it's its own place, especially when I was growing up. It spoke Cantonese.

There's so much nuance within Chinese culture. With Shanghainese parents, I grew up speaking Shanghainese to them. I still speak Shanghainese to them, which is a local dialect. In Hong Kong, it's its own place, especially when I was growing up. It spoke Cantonese.

There's so much nuance within Chinese culture. With Shanghainese parents, I grew up speaking Shanghainese to them. I still speak Shanghainese to them, which is a local dialect. In Hong Kong, it's its own place, especially when I was growing up. It spoke Cantonese.

And Cantonese people love making fun of people speaking Cantonese with an accent, whether it's Shanghainese accent, a Mandarin accent, whatever. So I grew up even in Hong Kong, like somewhat foreign, because my parents were from Shanghai. Like my dad would show up to school, pick me up, and they'll come to Shanghai, which in Cantonese means, you know, the Shanghai guy.

And Cantonese people love making fun of people speaking Cantonese with an accent, whether it's Shanghainese accent, a Mandarin accent, whatever. So I grew up even in Hong Kong, like somewhat foreign, because my parents were from Shanghai. Like my dad would show up to school, pick me up, and they'll come to Shanghai, which in Cantonese means, you know, the Shanghai guy.

And Cantonese people love making fun of people speaking Cantonese with an accent, whether it's Shanghainese accent, a Mandarin accent, whatever. So I grew up even in Hong Kong, like somewhat foreign, because my parents were from Shanghai. Like my dad would show up to school, pick me up, and they'll come to Shanghai, which in Cantonese means, you know, the Shanghai guy.

They're making fun of him as a foreigner, although he's also Chinese, of course. So there's cultural differences, even when I was born in Hong Kong. But I think it helped shape my, I don't know, maybe linguistic skills to have to learn Shanghainese at home, to have to learn Cantonese in school, and to have to learn Mandarin in between when I was watching Chinese TV shows.

They're making fun of him as a foreigner, although he's also Chinese, of course. So there's cultural differences, even when I was born in Hong Kong. But I think it helped shape my, I don't know, maybe linguistic skills to have to learn Shanghainese at home, to have to learn Cantonese in school, and to have to learn Mandarin in between when I was watching Chinese TV shows.

They're making fun of him as a foreigner, although he's also Chinese, of course. So there's cultural differences, even when I was born in Hong Kong. But I think it helped shape my, I don't know, maybe linguistic skills to have to learn Shanghainese at home, to have to learn Cantonese in school, and to have to learn Mandarin in between when I was watching Chinese TV shows.

Maybe that eased my transition when I moved here to America to learn English.

Maybe that eased my transition when I moved here to America to learn English.

Maybe that eased my transition when I moved here to America to learn English.

I think there's many sides of Beverly Hills. They lived in like an apartment in Beverly Hills. That wasn't very fancy at all. It was like one block away from not being Beverly Hills. And eventually my dad actually used that address. as a fake address to get me into Beverly Hills High School. So I think, I'm telling you this now, I think the statute of limitations is up.

I think there's many sides of Beverly Hills. They lived in like an apartment in Beverly Hills. That wasn't very fancy at all. It was like one block away from not being Beverly Hills. And eventually my dad actually used that address. as a fake address to get me into Beverly Hills High School. So I think, I'm telling you this now, I think the statute of limitations is up.

I think there's many sides of Beverly Hills. They lived in like an apartment in Beverly Hills. That wasn't very fancy at all. It was like one block away from not being Beverly Hills. And eventually my dad actually used that address. as a fake address to get me into Beverly Hills High School. So I think, I'm telling you this now, I think the statute of limitations is up.

I don't think he'll go to jail.

I don't think he'll go to jail.

I don't think he'll go to jail.