I knew comedy was the thing for me when I was the only Asian kid in high school... who failed math.

- Dat Phan

I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they called me to come in to try ou…

- Dat Phan

Money comes and goes. I'm thankful I have money. I'm trying to save up more. I would like more money. But it's not happiness. If you're a millionaire…

- Dat Phan

Vietnam, we take over by doing pedicure! That's how we take over. We take over one foot at a time, damn it - that's the plan of attack right there. W…

- Dat Phan

We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.

- Dat Phan

Us Asians look like we're twenty until we're fifty. Once we're fifty, we look like Yoda.

- Dat Phan

And I come from a small Vietnamese family. We're really close too, all ten of us.

- Dat Phan

When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you'll just stay put.

- Dat Phan

I did whatever it takes to do stand-up. There is an abundance of material in struggling and poverty and trying to make it. There is so much humor in …

- Dat Phan