How to American by Jimmy O Yang

How to American by Jimmy O Yang

Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO's Silicon Valley and the film Crazy Rich Asians shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood.

I turned down a job in finance to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. My dad thought I was crazy. But I figured it was better to disappoint my parents for a few years than to disappoint myself for the rest of my life. I had to disappoint them in order to pursue what I loved. That was the only way to have my Chinese turnip cake and eat an American apple pie too.

Jimmy O. Yang is a standup comedian, film and TV actor and fan favorite as the character Jian Yang from the popular HBO series Silicon Valley. In How to American, he shares his story of growing up as a Chinese immigrant who pursued a Hollywood career against the wishes of his parents: Yang arrived in Los Angeles from Hong Kong at age 13, learned English by watching BET RapCity for three hours a day, and worked as a strip club DJ while pursuing his comedy career. He chronicles a near deportation episode during a college trip Tijuana to finally becoming a proud US citizen ten years later. Featuring those and many other hilarious stories, while sharing some hard-earned lessons, How to American mocks stereotypes while offering tongue in cheek advice on pursuing the American dreams of fame, fortune, and strippers.

Jimmy O. is a multi-talented actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. Yang is best known for his role as Jian Yang, a humorous intern on HBO's Emmy-nominated comedy Silicon Valley. Yang, who was born in Hong Kong, had his TV debut on CBS's 2 Broke Girls and his first late-night stand-up appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show, when he received a standing ovation. Things You Shouldn't Say Beyond Midnight on DirecTV, Battle Creek and Criminal Minds on CBS, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FXX, and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC are among his other television credits. He presently appears on TruTV's half-hour comedy series Those Who Can't as a recurrent character. Yang is a Los Angeles-based artist.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
EAN	9781549142833
Titel	How to American
Veröffentlichungsdatum	2018-03-13
Format	Audiobook CD Unabridged
Studio	Blackstone Pub
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar

Read by	Jimmy O Yang
Foreword by	Mike Judge