Randall Park

As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.

I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.

'Veep' is definitely one of my favorite TV shows, and not because I'm in it. It's just such a great show, and the fact that I'm on it is crazy to me because I love it so much.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.