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Henney grew up in a predominantly White town in Michigan, and his mom had been adopted and raised by a White family. “My mom and I were outliers,” he tells Timid, “but maybe I needed that. Maybe I wasn’t ready yet, because my mom wasn’t. It wasn’t until she started searching for her roots when I was about 14 years old that my Korean mind started to open up for me.“
Henney moved to Asia when he was 20, which he describes as the perfect time. “I had this formative period as a young man when I was old enough to process and make choices within my world and my culture. I was wide open for the experience mentally.”
The Asian-American experience is varied, but a common struggle is finding the balance among intersecting identities. Am I Asian enough? Am I American enough? What does it mean to be Asian-American? During our conversation, Henney muses that “no matter what side you’re leaning towards, it might never feel ‘enough.’”
“I think it’s about letting go and knowing that it’s okay to be leaning towards one identity for a while. You’re going to get there eventually if you want. If you really want to, it’s in your core, and you will get there, no matter if you’re 30, 40, or older.” He adds, “You’ll eventually find it, but I think if you pressure yourself too much to ‘find’ it, it can start to become tricky.”
(via TIMID magazine)
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variety: After a career spanning six decades and one viral petition, beloved 93-year-old actor James Hong was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today.
During the star ceremony, Hong was saluted by Everything Everywhere All At Once co-star Jamie Lee Curtis and actor Daniel Dae Kim, who started the online campaign for Hong to receive the honor.
“I want to thank all the fans and friends who donated their money. It boggles my mind to think that there’s enough people out there who would do that,” Hong told Variety ahead of the ceremony. “And I don’t know who they are, so I’ll just have to thank them through your article.”
Why It Took Six Decades for James Hong to Get a Star on the Walk of Fame
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