But, many Asian races are able to act in non kung fu films.
Hmm,totally agree with you~

agreed. kung fu got us on the map. but it's time to diversify and multiply. Jin, John Cho, etc. are part of the effort.

What are the chances of seeing a Asian guy who's not a geek, gay/effeminate, weird, or mr. kung fu? What's the chance of seeing a Asian girl who's not exotic?

Fittingly, it was Bruce Lee, in his interview with Pierre Berton, who already said back then, he wanted to be seen as a human being and an actor.

Forgot to mention something else, Harry... as of 9 April, no more AZN network on Comcast freakin cable!!! >.< Think might have to switch to one of the satellite TV companies...

hmm, yeah this is no good :(((

yes I agree with you... this topic was discussed at the SF International Asian American Festival: Crossing Over Panel Discussion... hopefully this will change in the near future...

i think that its mainly because there are less scripts that involve asians and there is a lack of asian actors in Hollywood... i mean, usually asians grow up with their families saying, 'be a doctor/lawyer/engineer, anything else and you are a failure...'.. and so, the pressure to do what pleases your family gets in the way.. but kudos to those who have been able to stray from that path..

Yeah, I think it was Tanaka fella who said Hollywood is racist.  He's on AnD as well.

You want to see Asian actors in good films, forget Hollywood (actually, forget mainstream Hollywood for good films, regardless of who is starring in them, 95% of the time) and watch Asian films instead.  Netflix has tons of Asian films.  Or buy Asian films on DVD from reputable outlets like YesAsia and support the careers of great Asian actors.  I gave up on Hollywood for great films decades ago.  These days, if a film doesn't have subtitles, it feels very strange, indeed.  As I said on a discussion on this topic on someone else's blog, Hollywood is in the business of making money world-wide.  I think they intentionally cast White folks in films because, outside of Europe, North America and Down Under, these White actors are equally foreign (yet strangely familiar) whether the film is showing in Tokyo or Zimbabwe.  Most of the money Hollywood makes off these films comes from these "foreign" markets, and a big market is Asia.  If someone in Asia wants to see Chow Yun-Fat, they would rather see him in an Asian picture, speaking Canto or being dubbed into Mandarin, than speaking heavily accented English that has to be subtitled or dubbed anyway.  Mainline Hollywood films have enormous budgets, they're not going to risk the success of these films by doing something daring.  That's what the independents are for.  Though the independents don't play well internationally, do they?

I quite agree.

I think that HOllywood just seeks out a certain race or something liek that. i dunno. I think some other artist was pissed too! Something like.. saying hollywood was racist or something x.x Thats a bit extreme, but i get where its coming from. Honestly, we need more asian actors in the hollywood business ^^

Harry...that's HollyWEIRD for ya...nuthin but a bunch of clueless WASPs!!! :(