Reggie Lee
Reggie Lee
Reginald Lee was a lookout on The Titanic...
NationalityFilipino
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 October 1974
background filipino mostly partly
Most of my background is Filipino and partly Chinese, but mostly Filipino.
When I was growing up in the Philippines, the story that was read to me most was Pinocchio.
doughnut good named originals oscar portland shop telling won
The other day, a doughnut shop in Portland called Pip's Originals tweeted me telling me that they named a doughnut after me called the 'Dirty Wu.' It is a cinnamon sugar doughnut drizzled with honey and Nutella. It was so good. I just won the Oscar in the sci-fi world.
life
I don't fancy myself as a very sarcastic person in real life.
decided game girls plan talked
One game plan was to see if we could make it 4-2 at halftime. We talked to the girls and they decided they wanted to play.
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I'm a quarter Chinese and three-quarter Filipino. I don't look Filipino; I look more Chinese or Korean. It actually works in my favor: in terms of roles, it gives me a broader canvas.
love muscles
I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.
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My dad is an ob-gyn - he's retired now - and he wanted to come to the States to make a better life, for opportunity. My mom said that, on the plane ride here, I did not want to speak a word of English - I spoke Tagalog. And then, after the first day of school, I didn't want to speak anything but English.
great time
When you're a kid, you think 'Oh, it's so great. I'm going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to go to Broadway.' For a long time, it was such a novelty.
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I think that one of my favorite movie roles has been a film that I did with Jason Statham that was out last year called 'Safe.' I played the main bad guy in that.
acceptance harvard trophy
The acceptance to Harvard was more of trophy than a real possibility to me. I would have been miserable.
butter growing quite
The announcement that I was going to be an actor was made when was I was 10 years old. And that didn't go down all that well, but I had a lot of years to butter up my parents. My parents have mellowed quite a bit, but, growing up, there was a sense that the only real professions were doctor, engineer, lawyer. Those were your choices.
asian believe embrace found graduating midwest
I was made fun of in the Midwest - I was the only Asian in my graduating class of 200. Fortunately, I found my niche, and it was fine. But I wanted to be so white, you wouldn't believe it. I was like, 'I want to be white; I don't want to be this anymore.' But now I embrace it.
growing quite
My parents have mellowed quite a bit, but, growing up, there was a sense that the only real professions were doctor, engineer, lawyer. Those were your choices.