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Everybody's gone through high school; everybody understands that dynamic. Some people have a great time, and some people don't have a great time. My high school experience was not the greatest. I wasn't necessarily bullied, but I was one of those guys that just goes along, and I didn't really feel connected to many of the social cliques.

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Through, Some, Everybody, Cliques

Weirdly enough - if I make enough money one day - I want to open a board game bar.

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Game, Want, Weirdly, Enough Money

I don't think I have any guilt or embarrassment about any of the TV shows I watch. Maybe the fact that the shows I can watch over and over again are cartoons like 'Bob's Burgers' and 'American Dad' and 'Rick & Morty.'

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Fact, Maybe, TV, Rick

My mom just wanted me to do anything that was academic, whether it was become a doctor or be a lawyer. Engineering suited her... then I dropped out. It was not what I wanted to do at all; it just felt so unnatural, and I couldn't put my finger on why. I just knew it wasn't for me.

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Mom, Why, Dropped, Suited

In my head, I'd love to go on a vacation to somewhere exotic and far away and in the middle of nowhere. But then I think about the effort it would take to book a flight and a hotel, etc., and I just end up staycationing.

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Love, Flight, I Think, Vacation

My full name is Ross Fleming Butler; it's very British-Irish.

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Name, Very, Butler, Fleming

When I started acting, one of the first things I learned was - especially in Hollywood - was branding. I'm a tall guy. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably going to be my foot in the door,' because that's my impression on everybody. I'm an athletic guy, and I think, because I grew up disliking jocks so much, that became, like, the character for me.

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Door, Everybody, Became, First Things

I like something with a really great storyline, characters, and concept. I like doing things that are new and cutting edge.

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Doing, New, Like, Storyline

Growing up, my favorite movies were 'Forrest Gump,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'Gladiator' - none of them really had Asian leading men.

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Asian, Leading, Them, Gladiator

I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd.

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Game, Big, Actually, Nerd

I know I play a lot of jocks, but I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd. It's one of the most interesting fields of entertainment because you get to create your own role and create your own rules. Some people get so creative with it, and I'm also super competitive. I'm a really big nerd.

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Play, Big, Some, Nerd

I'm allergic to cats, so I'm psychologically wired to associating kittens with itchy eyes and popping Claritin.

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Allergic, Wired, Popping, Psychologically

I don't want to be super aggressive, but I think it's an issue that the population of America isn't reflected accurately in a lot of movies. I'm just disappointed that there isn't an Asian leading man or an Asian leading woman. There's an obvious gap that should be filled.

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Woman, I Think, Leading, Leading Man

I wasn't bullied or anything, but I didn't really fit in.

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Anything, Fit, Really, Bullied

I like to say I was a creature in high school. A weird creature who had my hands in a lot of different things.

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Hands, Say, Like, Different Things

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's career is kind of how I want to create my career. He's very involved with his recording and production company and also worked on some really great projects.

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Career, Some, Very, Joseph

If I didn't mind having a quarter of my car payment going towards a gym membership, I'd definitely go to Equinox.

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Mind, Going, Having, Payment

People in high school either feel like they're with the cool kids in a clique, or they're isolated - there's no in-between.

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Cool, Like, Isolated, In-Between

All of our actions have consequences whether we know it or not. We never know what people are going through until something tragic happens - if they don't talk about it.

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Through, Going, About, Tragic

Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe - these leading men. These are the ones I grew up with. And Hugh Jackman. I love everything that these guys are doing. It's kind of been my mission to be an Asian-American version of that.

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Love, Doing, Been, None

When I was younger, I had no idea that I would be an actor. I had an interest in it, but I never actually did it. I didn't really expect it to be a career path.

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Career, Younger, Idea, Career Path

As a community, we're fighting for Asians to play Asian roles. And then there's the other battle, which is Asian Americans playing roles that aren't written for Asians, and I think that's something that completely should happen; Why can't an Asian American male just play a leading cop figure... or the Matt Damon roles?

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Play, Other, I Think, Asian American

'Mulan' is an iconic story for the Asian American community.

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American, Iconic, Asian, Asian American

Honestly, I love Ruth's Chris.

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Love, Ruth, I Love, Chris

I've played lacrosse players, football players, basketball players. I think that's just because of how I'm built. I look young, and I'm also a big person.

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Think, Big, I Think, Football Players

There are no Asian leading men in Hollywood. There's not an Asian Ryan Gosling or an Asian Brad Pitt.

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Hollywood, Leading, Ryan, None

I had a lot of friends, but none of them I felt super close with. Now that I'm older, I can look back on my teenage self and kind of see the things I did wrong and the things I did right, what affect they had on me, and what affect they had on other people. I can look at it in a much more conducive way to storytelling.

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Storytelling, Other, Affect, Close

My acting technique is a combination of a lot of different ones. A lot of it is Meisner.

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Different, Lot, Technique, Combination

I want to inspire Asian kids to become more artistic and creative rather than feeling that they have to be academic or whatever.

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Want, More, Rather, Asian

There's so many Chinese or Asian Americans that were either born in another country like I was and raised in America or born in America and raised in America. They're normal Americans, and they just happen to have a different heritage.

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Country, Normal, Happen, Asian

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