“It’s important to show mixed families anyway, because that’s real life. Personally, I felt so comfortable and felt very understood. There’s a misconception that I can’t relate to the quote-unquote ‘Asian-American experience’ because I didn’t grow up with an Asian mom and dad,” Lana continues. “That’s just not true. I am Asian American, and so playing a girl who is half Korean, half white, but her white dad tried really hard to connect with her mom’s heritage — that’s very familiar to me.”
that’s a… MAN
“When you finally get to see yourself represented [on screen], you’re so inspired, and you realize, ‘oh my god, I can do this.’ … I hope watching To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before inspires Asian American actresses as well, and aspiring actors and actresses, and young girls. That’s really important to me. It’s unfortunate that [the first time you saw yourself reflected in Hollywood] is a hard question to answer because we haven’t had a lot of representation.”
I can not pick the funniest moment from this, honestly