Quotes by Jessica Henwick - Page 1

I was a real overachiever.
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Overachiever
Real
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The seafood in England is sad.
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Seafood
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I'm not a good katana user, bo staff user.
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Staff
User
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I would love to see an Asian American superhero.
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Superhero
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It's always fun playing a villain, I do have to say.
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Villain
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I was always going back and forth between Singapore and the U.K.
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Singapore
Forth
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I grew up in the English countryside, raising ducks and chickens.
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Chickens
Countryside
Ducks
English Countryside
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I want to continue to broaden expectations of what an Asian can be.
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Asian
Broaden
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I learned more on 'Spirit Warriors' than I think I have on any other job.
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Warriors
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For me, I really liked the idea of playing a non-superhero on a superhero show.
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Superhero
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I was a real wild kid, spending much more time outdoors than I ever did indoors.
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Spending
Wild
Indoors
Outdoors
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I turned down a lot of work. I didn't want to ever feel defined by my ethnicity.
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Defined
Ethnicity
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I've always made a point to play roles that aren't specified by their ethnicity.
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Ethnicity
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I think I was just constantly seeking mental stimulation from anything I could get.
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Seeking
Stimulation
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Asian food is amazing. I love a good Milo Dinosaur, bubble tea, and things like that.
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Love Good Food
Bubble
Dinosaur
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There's nowhere in London where you can use a whip without getting too much attention.
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Attention
London
Too Much
Nowhere
Much Attention
Whip
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When you use the whip, it makes the loudest crack. It's a very, very difficult weapon to use.
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Crack
Weapon
Loudest
Whip
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There's something about fantasy and sci-fi that seems more welcoming of different ethnicities.
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Sci Fi
Welcoming
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The state of the industry is much like the state of politics. It's too middle-aged, white, and male.
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Middle Aged
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It's very hard as an Asian actress to get seen for anything which isn't specifically Asian in England.
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Specifically
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In Singapore, I'd spend the majority of my time at hawker centres because the food there is incredible.
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Majority
My Time
Singapore
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I have a T-shirt that says Game of Stones, which has the Flintstones dressed as 'Game of Thrones' characters on it.
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Dressed
Game Of Thrones
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My agent and I are very clear on what kind of roles I'm interested in, and I don't want to perpetuate any stereotypes.
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Agent
Perpetuate
Stereotypes
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I think, back in the day, the ultimate trifecta was considered 'Harry Potter,' 'Lord of the Rings,' and maybe 'Star Trek.'
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Harry Potter
Rings
Harry
Lord Of The Rings
Potter
Star Trek
Trek
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I've shied away from playing Asian characters. if you look back, I'm playing characters that have no relevance to my ethnicity.
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Ethnicity
Relevance
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'The Joy Luck Club' is not a perfect film. But, I distinctly remember watching it with my mom - and bursting into tears after the screening!
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Bursting
Luck
Screening
Tears
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When I'm traveling, I like extremes. It's nice for me to go to Canada in the mountains where it's snowing or to Cambodia where it's stifling.
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Cambodia
Canada
Extremes
Stifling
Snowing
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I don't want to perpetuate a stereotype. I don't want to take Asian representation backwards two steps. I don't want to be part of the problem.
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Backwards
Representation
Steps
Perpetuate
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As a female actress - I've been doing this since I was a teenager - I often got approached with the ingenue roles: naive and wide-eyed and childlike.
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Childlike
Ingenue
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When I came on to 'Iron Fist,' it was really Colleen Wing that sold it for me. I thought it was a good opportunity to see a really strong female Asian American.
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Female
Good Opportunity
Iron
Strong Female
Good Opportunity Me
Fist
Sold
Wing
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I've been extremely lucky in that I've been able to play roles that are not defined by their ethnicity. But that's not a common thing for people of ethnic minorities.
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Defined
Minorities
Ethnic
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Honestly, it was just tiring going straight from one show to the other. I filmed 'Iron Fist,' and then I had a two week break, and I went straight into 'The Defenders.'
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Defenders
Iron
Fist
Tiring
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What I'm known for - 'Game of Thrones,' 'Star Wars' - they film in England, but they're American productions. Because American productions are willing to see Asian actors.
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Productions
Game Of Thrones
Star Wars
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One stereotype I get a lot as an Asian actress is that you're playing the model minority - that Asians are the best, that they're perfect and positively moral all the time.
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Moral
Positively
Stereotype
Asians
Model
Minority
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The U.K. and the U.S. are in different places. Don't get me wrong - I am there for the U.K. industry, and I am always searching for more roles to play there, but it's sparse.
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Always Me I Am
Different Places
I Am Me Always
Searching
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In British TV, if there is an Asian character, there usually has to be a reason for them to be Asian, whereas in America, you have a lot more roles where the person just happens to be Asian.
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British
Whereas
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I had been in talks with Marvel prior to 'Iron Fist,' and I had researched all the prominent female roles that I was interested in. Colleen Wing came up really early in the process, and I had a strange feeling.
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Iron
Prominent
Fist
Marvel
Prior
Talks
Wing
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It's tough, because I come to Singapore, and people say I'm not Singaporean, and I go to England, and people say I'm not English. It's really hard to find your place, not just in the entertainment industry, but in life.
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Entertainment Industry
Singapore
Life Your People
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I'm Asian, and I'm an actress, and I've been doing this since I was a teenager, so if anyone understands the conversation about misrepresentation and underrepresentation, it's me. I live and breathe it; this is my life.
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Breathe
Teenager
Life Me My Life
Understands
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I turned down a lot of parts, and I ate a lot of canned tuna for dinner because I was just like, 'No, I don't want to do that; no, that's awful.' But sticking to my guns paid off, and I can look back now and be proud that I refused to take any stereotypical Asian parts.
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Tuna
Ate
Canned
Guns
Refused
Stereotypical
Sticking
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As soon as you start looking into roles which are specifically Asian, Black, or Latina, you start looking at stereotypes. That's the issue minority actors face - it's not that we don't want to play our ethnicities; it's that, often, the role that's written for our ethnicity is a stereotype.
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Asian
Black
Ethnicity
Latina
Stereotype
Written
Looking
Actor
Face
Often
Issue
Minority
Role
Soon
Specifically
Start
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I went snorkeling between tectonic plates in Iceland's Silfra fissure in the winter. You have to wear thermal layers and a wet suit and what's called a 'teddy-bear suit' so you don't die of hypothermia. My lips still went blue. That was an experience that I will carry with me for the rest of my life - so beautiful and so quiet.
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Blue
Iceland
Layers
Plates
Thermal
Wet
Winter
Life Experience Beautiful
Suit
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