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Got to represent, man.
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I see a lot of people out here in the streets they want to come up to me, but they're not really sure.
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There's a lot of debate amongst their friends, they're like, "Hey, man, are you sure that's him?
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If we go up there we got to be sure, because if we go up there and it's not him, we're going to look super racist.
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Are you sure that's not Ken Jeong?
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I don't know, he looks kind of like Ali Wong, I don't know."
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And they come up to me is always like the first thing they say like, "Hey, hey, man, aren't you that dude Jian Yang from that show Silicon Valley?
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And I was like, "Yeah, thanks." I'm like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, thank you, thank you, I appreciate that. Yeah, I am."
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And they're like, "Oh, shit, I didn't even know you speak english in real life."
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I'm like, "It's called acting, motherfucker.
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Like did you really think Matt Damon was Chinese? Like, what's wrong with you?"
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I don't know what the disconnect is.
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Like if a white actor does a british accent, he's a thespian; he wins an Oscar.
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If I do a Chinese accent, I'm automatically from the old country.
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Representation matters, man.
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A lot of Asian people coming up to me very proud, very nice.
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They're like, "Jimmy, thank you for representing the Asians, man."
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I'm like, "Hey, you're welcome. But you do understand it's not really a choice, right?"
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Like when you wake up Asian, you can only represent Asians.
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I couldn't just wake up one day like, "Fck it, I'm representing Nigerians today."
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I'm very proud to represent the Asians, but the same time there's so much pressure.
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Like nobody ever went up to Matt Damon and be like, "Hey, Matt, thanks for representing the whites."
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Sounds weird, that's like a different conversation for some reason, you know.
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If somebody came up to me like, "Hey, Jimmy, I'm representing for the whites."
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I would leave that town immediately and never come back.
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So much pressure to represent. I got to be a good Asian everywhere now. I got a tip everywhere I go.
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That was one of the major advantages of being Asian, is I can just pretend I don't know how to tip.
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Y'all know what a Chinese tip is?
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Chinese tip, it doesn't matter how big your bill is, you tip two dollars. That's a Chinese tip.
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That's Chinese tip, man.
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Now I gotta tip 20% everywhere.
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I got to give every Uber driver a five-star rating just so I can be a good representative.
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Everywhere I go, I gotta represent, even day-to-day shit, even the bedroom, I gotta represent.
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After I hooked up with this one girl this is what she said to me,
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She was like, "Jimmy, I don't know how to tell you this, but you're the first Asian guy I've ever been with."
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I'm like, "Okay, what do you want? A fortune cookie?"
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Like what do you want? She acts like she just unlocked a new character on Street Fighter or some shit.
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Why do you feel the need to say that?
