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I think by embracing your heritage and your history, it just serves you so much more, and you become a deeper and more powerful person by embracing them.

- Emily Kuroda

Think, More, I Think, Embracing

I probably didn't talk in public until eighth grade, and then in high school, I started doing oral interpretation - kind of like monologues. Through theater and plays, I started coming out of my shell.

- Emily Kuroda

Doing, Through, Out, Monologues

The thought of me wanting to act was not an option when I was growing up, so I was getting my teaching credential.

- Emily Kuroda

Thought, Wanting, Teaching, Option

Seriously, how many times do you see Asian-American characters that have an actual family, feelings? You don't see them love and be sad and have all the human emotions. I think that 'Gilmore Girls' is one of the very, very few where we were offered a chance to explore these characters multidimensionally.

- Emily Kuroda

Love, I Think, Very, Gilmore Girls

I was in one of the first sitcoms that had a lot of Asians in it. It was called 'Gung Ho' on ABC.

- Emily Kuroda

Asians, Lot, Sitcoms, ABC

When I moved to L.A. and joined East West Players, I started acting professionally.

- Emily Kuroda

East, Players, Joined, Professionally

Although I would like the negative balanced with the positive, what really bothers me is if it's not real. You can add humanity to what might look like a negative role.

- Emily Kuroda

Role, Like, Add, Balanced

In grammar school, I didn't talk. Everybody said I was the invisible one. I'm still very shy.

- Emily Kuroda

Everybody, Very, Still, Grammar School

My mother came from Japan, and I really didn't understand her often. Now that I'm older, I do.

- Emily Kuroda

Understand, Often, Really, Japan

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