Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
believe ugly dont-believe
I don't believe anyone is ugly.
caring thinking people
I've gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.
depressing guitar years
My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings.
nice struggle kids
Peter (Parker) is not that evolved. Peter wants to tell the world he’s a good guy: ‘ Like me, I’m nice.’ He’s a 19 year-old kid. He’s a kid struggling with being misunderstood. We’ve all been misunderstood. That’s universal too. I like being Peter,
men fellow-man spiders
Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man.
people scare rubbish
Famous people scare me. I get really nervous around famous people. ... I overcompensate (with) how unimpressed I am, which is completely and utter rubbish. So I'm a fan.
pajamas shaved-head crave
After a while, you crave pajamas and a shaved head.
writing people want
If I can keep losing myself - and finding parts of myself - in other people's writing and direction, then that's all I can really ask for. That's all I want, to keep losing myself.
saws firsts stones
When I first saw Emma Stone, it was like I woke up.
opportunity thinking validation
As an actor, one is so appreciative when one is working. I think I am lucky that I have the opportunity to work having that total dependence on an external validation.
actors remember wanted
I have to remember that I didn't have to become an actor. I didn't have to put myself in this position. If I'd wanted to have autonomy - if that was what I was after - then I could have chosen another profession.
people acting way
I realized that after finding this thing that allowed me to express myself - acting - and being encouraged by a few people that I could do it, I had kind of grabbed onto it and dug in my claws in a way that was maybe a bit unhealthy. I allowed myself to get into a headspace where I lived or died by what I achieved in this particular field.
kids thinking land
America always seemed to me this foreign land that I imagined I could escape to if I needed to get away - and I think that came both from the fact that I was born there and from watching so many American movies when I was a kid. I was brought up on American films.
believe inspire i-believe
I believe that doing movies like this is positive because they can inspire and be entertaining.