//i'm centered
seriously, despite all the negativity, i really am doing well...those were only two people in my life, compared to the several other people who bring me joy...my life doesn't revolve around them...it doesn't revolve around anyone really...except for myself. i'm extremely self-centered...but, at least i'm centered.

//hit the theatres, in select cities, april 11th
okay...before i heard about better luck tomorrow, i had almost given up hope of becoming an actor of any kind. i don't do martial arts, nor do i speak the languages that my ancestors spoke, other than american-english. so...as a filipino-american and asian-american (since the entertainment industry would make them all the same), i really feel that the roles that i could really fill were limited. the most dramatic that i've seen an asian-american in an american film is john cho from american pie...which is promising, but small...but he's also in blt.

lets just look at my theatre department: predominantly white...there are very few asians in my theatre department. a film like this could bring out asians that previously felt that they didn't have a chance in the entertainment industry. the movie has re-kindled my hope in the entertainment industry.

i'd like the world to see me for all i am...not just asian, not just filipino, not just an actor, not just a singer...all that i am: a human that breathes the same air, bleeds blood, and sits down to do his business. unfortunately, the entertainment industry would see me as a tool to kick down doors, speak broken english, and so on.

maybe the director didn't set out to make this film as a groundbreaking cinema...but, it is a groundbreaking one nonetheless.

i've never felt the need to have to fit some sort of identity related to my race...neither should anyone else.

Why would you, with all the talent up there and yourself, make a film so empty and amoral for Asian-Americans and for Americans? --viewer of blt at sundance film festival.

What I find very offensive and condescending about your statement is nobody would say to a bunch of white filmmakers, 'How could you do this to your people?' Asian-American characters have the right to be whoever the hell they want to be. They do not have to represent their people. --critic roger ebert, at sundance, in response to the previous statement.

--maybe people will understand.