Jimmy O. Yang (performing a bit)

I think it's a comedy show, so it has to be funny. But I think to me, whenever the funniest happens, whether it's on stage or on the screen, it's when somebody said, oh, that seems so real. You know, it has to be based on authenticity.

I think it's a comedy show, so it has to be funny. But I think to me, whenever the funniest happens, whether it's on stage or on the screen, it's when somebody said, oh, that seems so real. You know, it has to be based on authenticity.

So I just felt like I knew this guy, whether he's an amalgamation based on people I knew myself when I first came to this country or some of my uncles with that very specific Mandarin accent. I walked into an audition with like socks, sandals and like, you know, really like I think a T-shirt with like chemical bonds on it. I just felt like I knew this guy.

So I just felt like I knew this guy, whether he's an amalgamation based on people I knew myself when I first came to this country or some of my uncles with that very specific Mandarin accent. I walked into an audition with like socks, sandals and like, you know, really like I think a T-shirt with like chemical bonds on it. I just felt like I knew this guy.

So I just felt like I knew this guy, whether he's an amalgamation based on people I knew myself when I first came to this country or some of my uncles with that very specific Mandarin accent. I walked into an audition with like socks, sandals and like, you know, really like I think a T-shirt with like chemical bonds on it. I just felt like I knew this guy.

And then when I got the job and I showed up on set, one of the first discussions me and Mike had, once again, it was about authenticity. I was like, Mike, I want to do a Mandarin accent for this character. I feel like that'll make more sense. He should be from mainland China instead of Hong Kong. And he was like, I don't know the difference. Just do it both ways, and then we'll figure it out.

And then when I got the job and I showed up on set, one of the first discussions me and Mike had, once again, it was about authenticity. I was like, Mike, I want to do a Mandarin accent for this character. I feel like that'll make more sense. He should be from mainland China instead of Hong Kong. And he was like, I don't know the difference. Just do it both ways, and then we'll figure it out.

And then when I got the job and I showed up on set, one of the first discussions me and Mike had, once again, it was about authenticity. I was like, Mike, I want to do a Mandarin accent for this character. I feel like that'll make more sense. He should be from mainland China instead of Hong Kong. And he was like, I don't know the difference. Just do it both ways, and then we'll figure it out.

And that's how I kind of landed in the body of that character was... based on my own observations of myself being an immigrant and also people that I've seen and I've been around, whether in Hong Kong or in China.

And that's how I kind of landed in the body of that character was... based on my own observations of myself being an immigrant and also people that I've seen and I've been around, whether in Hong Kong or in China.

And that's how I kind of landed in the body of that character was... based on my own observations of myself being an immigrant and also people that I've seen and I've been around, whether in Hong Kong or in China.

In the beginning, I was just trying to get a job. Like I said, there's not a lot of jobs going around. And then, yeah, I did see some, you know, writers write about it. And a lot of it was Asian-American writers. And I don't know. It didn't feel good, right?

In the beginning, I was just trying to get a job. Like I said, there's not a lot of jobs going around. And then, yeah, I did see some, you know, writers write about it. And a lot of it was Asian-American writers. And I don't know. It didn't feel good, right?

In the beginning, I was just trying to get a job. Like I said, there's not a lot of jobs going around. And then, yeah, I did see some, you know, writers write about it. And a lot of it was Asian-American writers. And I don't know. It didn't feel good, right?

But at the same time, I'm like, well, what am I supposed to do? You just want me to not work? I can just quit, and then you wouldn't even have me at all. But I remember approaching the role always from authenticity, from a realness, and not just making a caricature, but making a real human out of this person. And then as the season transformed—

But at the same time, I'm like, well, what am I supposed to do? You just want me to not work? I can just quit, and then you wouldn't even have me at all. But I remember approaching the role always from authenticity, from a realness, and not just making a caricature, but making a real human out of this person. And then as the season transformed—

But at the same time, I'm like, well, what am I supposed to do? You just want me to not work? I can just quit, and then you wouldn't even have me at all. But I remember approaching the role always from authenticity, from a realness, and not just making a caricature, but making a real human out of this person. And then as the season transformed—

and grew and his character grew, he went from just being the foreign guy to being kind of like the one that always got under this guy, T.J. Miller's character, Skin, who was such a bully. So he's like the anti-bully. And then he himself becomes the bully, which I thought was pretty cool. And it's not about the accent necessarily. It was about...

and grew and his character grew, he went from just being the foreign guy to being kind of like the one that always got under this guy, T.J. Miller's character, Skin, who was such a bully. So he's like the anti-bully. And then he himself becomes the bully, which I thought was pretty cool. And it's not about the accent necessarily. It was about...

and grew and his character grew, he went from just being the foreign guy to being kind of like the one that always got under this guy, T.J. Miller's character, Skin, who was such a bully. So he's like the anti-bully. And then he himself becomes the bully, which I thought was pretty cool. And it's not about the accent necessarily. It was about...