I want to stay an actor for a while so that I can save up. What do you want to do in the future? Do you hope to continue acting, or is there something else that you are aspiring to do? I got to see them create the cool effects with smoke. I like the episodes where there’s stuff I can do with food. I think my favorite episode was the “Fajita Man” episode. Which was your favorite episode to shoot? So, if they tease me, I’d have basically half the kids in my grade to back me up. The biggest thing is that there are a lot of other Asian kids in my school that I can relate to, unlike Eddie. I feel like I am really lucky, because most of the kids at my school embrace that I’m Asian. Have you ever been affected by stereotypes in your life? I find that the Asian American identity is very fluid, and I think that is definitely seen through your character. There are episodes that discuss issues of identity.
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It’s like, “We’re on shows too, you know.” It’s not like there are no Asians on TV anymore, so we’re more equal. I think the biggest thing is that it will make Americans feel a little bit more comfortable. How do you think Fresh Off the Boat will impact how other Americans view Asian Americans? My mom keeps on asking me, “Do you have any crushes?” I used to when I was back in my old school, but I don’t know. I don’t feel like I’m interested in women at this stage yet.
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There are barely any girls on set, besides my girlfriend on the TV show. You’d think they’re like your real parents, except they’re really trained and professional.Īs a pre-teen actor, do you still have the time to do a lot pre-teen stuff? Eddie is interested in girls, particularly Nicole. In real life, Randall and Constance are really cool. He’s in the bathroom!” or if you have a crush on someone, your mom is like, “I heard that my son has a crush on you.” And that’s not a G move, you know? Like, if you go to a birthday party (this has probably happened to everybody before) and your mom is talking about, “Oh! Look at this baby picture. Sometimes the stuff they do is embarrassing. I kind of mean that the stuff they do-they don’t act like Gs. But then, sometimes, when they try so hard, they end up doing things that are either upsetting or not cool, in my standards, you know. I feel like my mom and my dad care for me deeply, and they’re a lot like Jessica and Louis because they want to make sure I’m okay, they want to give me the best of both worlds, and they try so hard. If it wasn’t for them, I probably wouldn’t have been so prepared for the show.ĭo you think that the characters Jessica and Louis Huang, your parents in Fresh Off the Boat, are at all similar to your own parents? That’s kind of what I think of when I hear inspiration because they may not be what made me act, but they help me when I’m on set. When I think of inspiration I think of the people on set that help me by being there, like Constance, Randall, Forest, and Ian. It depends on what kind of inspiration we’re talking about. Where do you get the inspiration for the role? I was once an Asian kid who grew up in the '90s and early 2000s in a white suburban neighborhood in Michigan. You play a character who really resonates with me and other Asian Americans that I know. You do a wonderful job on Fresh Off of the Boat.
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You didn’t do any sort of acting before that original audition?
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So, I got the agent, and I kept on doing auditions, and I got this show. You’re really talented.” I didn’t get the role, but I got really close. Then, one of his friends told him, “If your son really wants to do this, there’s an audition coming up for a show called The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete.” That audition was when someone first told me, “You have to get an agent. At first, I was just watching TV, and I saw, what’s her name? The girl from Gravity or something? She got $80 million dollars, and I was, like, “Oh my God, I want to make that kind of money.” So, I told my dad, “Dad, I want to be an actor!” And he was like, “Oh, really? Okay.” He thought I was joking. Iit was kind of random when I first wanted to become an actor. When did you first become interested in acting? Before beginning his workday, Hudson Yang, ABC’s 12-year-old lead in Fresh Off the Boat, spoke to me about acting, food, family, his co-stars, and future aspirations.