Chon Quotes

#1. 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

#2. Together, Ben and Chon make up a collective pacifist. Ben is the paci Chon is the fist.

Don Winslow

#3. I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.

Amanda Peet

#4. Just be yourself. As an actor, you pretend all day - that's what the job calls for. So, when it comes to my personal life, a woman who keeps it real is a breath of fresh air.

Justin Chon

#5. When you love something, you're gonna be the best at it.

Justin Chon

#6. I'd love to work in a restaurant. You get to meet new people all the time and constantly socialize. There are no dull moments when you're serving. It would definitely be a fun job to have.

Justin Chon

#7. Great nations of the world are moving toward democracy.

George H. W. Bush

#8. If I could go back, I think I would be a rock star instead of an actor, man.

Justin Chon

#9. 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

#10. You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

Og Mandino

#11. 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

#12. A strange coldness had settled upon Achamian, the monolithic selfishness of which only children and madmen are sometimes capable.

R. Scott Bakker

#13. As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and you become set in your ways. I think, as an actor I think it's not a bad thing but more of a gift. It's something you're always doing as an actor. You're adjusting constantly.

Justin Chon

#14. The stillness of prayer is the most essential condition for fruitful action. Before all else, the disciple kneels down.

Gianna Beretta Molla

#15. I'm gonna be pretty honest; there wasn't a lot of improv allowed on 'Eclipse.'

Justin Chon

#16. 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

#17. 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

#18. Democracy and tyranny are not distant relatives. They're bedfellows."

-General John James
Commandant, USMC
December 11th, 2032

L. Douglas Hogan

#19. As an actor, you can play different age ranges and different ethnicities.

Justin Chon

#20. 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

#21. 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

#22. My Mozart career began as a teenager in Los Angeles, singing arias from 'Le Nozze di Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni.'

Danielle De Niese

#23. 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

#24. 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

#25. But often times, I feel like I'm so blessed, it's not fair. That what I'm doing is not contributing to the good of the world.

Ginnifer Goodwin

#26. I didn't become an actor to be famous. I genuinely love acting and never expected to make a penny at it.

Justin Chon

#27. 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

#28. To be honest, I'm really into folk music, and I love Big Phony. I like Priscilla Ahn, and yeah, I really support Asian-American artists.

Justin Chon

#29. 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

#30. '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

#31. 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

#32. Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.

Helen Keller

#33. The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in any situation.

Joan Baez