"It's probably better to disappoint my parents for a couple of years than to disappoint myself for the rest of my life." - Jimmy O. Yang

I love that he's not trying to be funny all the time; that he always makes sure to be sincere and honest in between his jokes.

That interviewer is brilliant. Very comfortable , she made the interview very smooth , not awkward at all . Good thing is that she has her research well done

You can tell this lady did so much preparation before this interview and likely read the whole book👍🏼👍🏼

Off the camera Jimmy's Dad lit up a cigarette... "Special occasion!"

I love Jimmy O. Yang - he's so articulate, confident, and has such a big presence - a brilliant actor!!

“if you smoke enough weed, you will transcend being an Asian kid” LOL. The innocence of youth.

At times, it sounds like the interviewer knows more about jimmy than jimmy does.

LOL! “If you pursue your dream, that’s how you become homeless.”

he basically just showed up there in fancy pajamas

I'm actually impressed with how articulate Jimmy was all while being absolutely humorous and entertaining!

That's weird when Jimmy's dad stands up but the camera does not catch him.

Erlich Bachmann this is your mother, you're not my baby

this lady is very good at making everything relate, following the story, and keeping flow

It's really weird listening to Jimmy talk about his journey because I went through scarily similar events growing up. Immigrant at 14, glasses, pants up too high, played ping-pong as a kid, switched to boxers cuz was laughed at, played basketball in high school, personality make over just to fit in, didn't want to hang with other Asians in college, etc. There are probably a lot of kids like us in the 90s. Difference is I didn't disappoint my parents. I got into engineering, took me 6 yrs to graduate and though I hated every minute of it I still graduated. I got a regular job, got married, had kids, etc. Never disappointed my parents but looking back maybe I should have. If you are reading this and you're Asian and in college with an engineering or comp sci degree that you hate, take my word for it, fuck pleasing your parents, do something you love. Sure you can play it safe but in the end, it's better to risk being homeless than become soul less.

Securing a job as an immigrant world wide is really difficult, how do everyone expect us to survive

Oh man "if you smoke enough weed, you transcend asian kid to stoner kid" that is gold!

This is a very smart guy. He is so comfortable with himself. A very rare quality for an Asian actor in America.

The lady is actually such a good interviewer

Being an immigrant coming from similar background, I can’t agree more with Jimmy Ouyang on 33:25 when he talked about how US-born Asians don’t wanna be associated with the FOB Asians. Hell, even my own ABC cousins didn’t wanna say hi to me at school back in the day. I understand most Asians in the US don’t want to be stereotyped, but denying Asian immigrants’ accent or cultural differences will only gonna make them discriminating their own ppl.

I'm very into this man's confidence. A smidge of cockiness, no unnecessary humbleness, and light hearted.

That was a great hour of TV. Jimmy is so relaxed & having fun with a happy crowd. I'm 67 and feel like Jimmy has advanced my limited concept of modern Chinese/California culture ahead by light-years.

I think Jimmy is authentic, like him being that way

Through his raw honesty Jimmy O. has the ability to touch on the human spirit in all of us, and show that regardless of where we are from, pursuit of dreams and happiness, while at the same time embracing the things that make us different, is and should be celebrated as a good thing. He is so relevant for today, especially when you consider the political narrative and problems falsely being attributed to immigrants.

I love Jimmy Yang so much. It’s not only because I relate to him since I also grew up in two different countries but because he’s such a good actor and has an amazing personality. Stay blessed Jimmy Yang. You’ll do greater things!

Born in Hong Kong, raised in Canada. I share Jimmy's sentiments about how Hong Kong people feel superior to other chinese.

I really love this guy. Since I saw his Joe Rogan interview, I’ve been down a Jimmy O. Yang rabbit hole, and he’s so naturally funny! So good! Can’t wait to hear his material in 15 years!

He's so down to Earth and genuine, more people need a mindset like his

I like him. With that kind of personality, it’s so happy and comfortable to hear him talking.

That first audience question and, especially, Jimmy's response to it… so good!

Who actually watched the whole thing?

Jimmy O Yang is a delightful guy. He is very special too.....

I like how thoughtful, insightful and sophisticated Jimmy is. Meanwhile, so sincere and real.

Also love how he doesn't complain and always focuses on what HE can do to make things better.

The best interviewer I've seen in my life and I'm no spring chicken. Go, Gretchen Howard! Glad you are such an accomplished person! You deserve it.

I clicked on this video just trying to see what it is about, and suddenly it’s a one hour gone! Everything is great about this! The interviewer, doing a good job. Jimmy, just amazing.

What a beautiful person is Jimmy! So inspiring and yet so real at the same time! Love his personality!

This guy is smart, responsible, not afraid to work hard and determined. He was born to be an American. Mad respect for him!

Keep up the good work Jimmy, keep representing Asians in the media. You're doing noble work

He seems like a really cool, down to earth guy that would be awesome to hang out with. 😁

This is basically 50% stories of the book.

I like that he is very articulate and not a hyper comedian. A lot of comedians are too hyper (trying too hard) when doing their acts or when being interviewed.

Jing Yang - "Erich Backman, This is your mom, and your not my baby" Erich - "NOT NOW JING YANG, NOT NOW !!!!!! , GO BACK INTO UR ROOM"

This is such a fantastically real interview. I love it.

Gotta respect how *well researched* the interviewer is.

This was actually a really good interview and insightful. Props to the lady interviewer as well for her prep and questions. She did a great job!

i love interviewers who do what seems like extensive research on their guests.. its fulfilling

As an immigrant myself, I can’t stress enough how much of his early experiences I related to! Thank you Jimmy for being super honest and vulnerable. You are a brilliant communicator!!

Humble and authentic. Thanks JY

Excellent Host! I'm so impressed with her calm composed energy.

I really admire the way Jimmy talked about himself and his experiences. He is funny, confident and positive. I am so happy that when my son grows up he now has some examples he can follow. Yeah, that semi-racism within Chinese has only grown over years.

Gretchen Howard, take a bow ma'am. You are the best host I've seen in a while. Learnd, Witty and No-nonsense.

I actually listened to the entire show. Didn’t know how funny he was!

" Some kind of peace there... it was good to know that there is a part of the world that I can always feel that way" Jimmy O Yang THIS!!! so heartwarming :))))

He might be one of the few Chinese that made it to the mainstream popularity. It's not just because of sheer luck, but basically, he is just a likeable person. Every Chinese American should celebrate and embrace their identity.

He so articulate and humble.

Compared to the humor, his confidence is something that I am jealous of more.

I love this guy. So chill. Wish we were friends. Oh yeah, hilarious and very witty too

Jimmy O. Yang, I am reliving my youth by reading your book, How to American. I grew up in Post War Hong Kong (1952) and raised in Vancouver, BC. I appreciate that you live like Chinese in Canada/USA. Please be thankful for your roots, we're still "from the village"

It’s so odd because I wasn’t a fan of him in on Silicon Valley at first but videos like this, his standup, etc make me a huge fan of him and his work. What a cool dude.

He deserves more credit than he is getting. I love his comedy and how smart and honest he is about it. I think comedians before him who made similar jokes did not make it because alot of Americans have no idea what Asian Parents are like, especially chinese parents and so they miss the point.

This guy has such a charisma.. so natural

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. That was incredible.

Jimmy, you are great, big time, honestly funny and so emotionally entertaining!! Do what you feel coz I am pretty convinced that you're really well in touch with yourself!! You're blessed!!

"Make them think its their idea - maybe by telling them a story " - so true this works.

Wow... I can’t believe how similar my life is with Jimmy’s. I’m born in HK, came to the US in 2000, barely spoke English, no Asian friends, hung out with the exact same race of people as my buddy, went to UCSD and majored in Economics... and hated finance. Just wow....

Really nice talk... I enjoyed listening.

I have to say the woman leading the interview did a fantastic job. Great work from her:) She read the book. Knew what she was talking about. Again great job from her.

Wow, great interview! I can resonate with so many of Jimmy's experiences. He is an inspiration. Keep up the good work. I look forward to the day when more cool funny asian representation is available in Hollywood

Great guy altogether.

Crazy Rich Asians is our own Asian black panther, man that hits home.

He is a true entertainer! Love his comedy- I see a big future for him and will look for his performances.

Jimmy is so realistic. He is the pioneer in DEI initiative. I love that he calls out his journey as a new immigrant. I resonate a lot with what he said about how he was excluded by his own people.

I can't believe i watched the whole thing lmao Love the guy!

This interview was SO good!

Great insights. Thank you for hosting this!

Jimmy O. Yang makes anyone look brilliant!!!! He's so intelligent and amazing 😁 I love his comedy 😊

Love this talk, and how Jimmy handled the QA. He is very precise in pointing out the different side, and use the soft approach which I love is to "humanize" the story. Often, there are just too many argue between different generation and culture, and even between the ABC / 1.5 generation and FOB. (for the Asian people living out side of Asia). I personally went through that process, and now looking back, some of the situation I could have deal much better. There is definitely right or wrong in certain situation, just a different patch of choice.

Brave with wisdoms. What a amazing guy

Great content! Congratulations to the interviewer who is very well prepared and Jimmy for being eloquent at the same time Well grounded, as well as the audience who seem to be so engaging. Kudos to the ones who asked great questions!

WoW, one of my favourite talks, this actor is cool AF.

Thanks for posting this, it was very interesting and enjoyable to me. I've wondered where Jian-Yang's acting & Silicone Valley character came from on the show -- so it was nice to see here that he's a true fusion man, and a decently cool guy -- and is very open and honest about his life, and self-deprecating. I'm a new fan of him, and I see from this that I'm not the only one! He has some great stand up videos here also! In general, I love how he is not afraid to poke fun at his own race, and our globe's rich cultural differences and foibles and funnyness -- especially in this age of hyper-racism-sensitivity -- I think humor is key for all of our healing. ("My rap band was 1.5 Asian guys and 1.5 Black guys" HAHA! Kumbaya!) As a kid, and any day, we have all heard plenty of HURTFUL racist jokes -- but I think it's healing humor therapy to share our good clean FUN racist jokes! Good job to HBO producers on this, which were a bit brave to include (Jian-Yang's character is an unapologetic racist against other Asians, and fat white Erlich's, after all!) Good job to the Google interviewer also! As Red Green said: "We're all in this together!"

What honesty !!!! Jimmy O Yang enjoys several cultures, languages, is self-deprecating, the best at what he does, success on his own terms - thank you for a great interview

this interview is just so well done..props to mrs. howard lol

Very articulate this wonderful human being J, I never knew Jimmy or seen the show until this day on youtube and seen scenes of SC and immediately became a loyal fan and more insight one on one great interview Gretchen and shout to Jimmy you are motivation to everyone and your culture GOD BLESS ya brotha!!!

I remember when I was in Ohio doing my bachelor in CS, a church boy complemented me as understanding their jokes. I had a mixed feeling taking it. Good to be different.

I just saw a clip of you and instantly became a fan... God bless

Love the interview and learning more about your life story. Thanks for sharing - and for being funny.

this was so interesting! I will definetly read this book!

I'm watching this right after watching the other Talks at Google with the main cast members and its kind of hilarious and ironic how chaotic and off the cuff they were in their interview versus "Jian-Yiang" hahaha. Love Jimmy honestly, so funny yet also intelligent and eloquently spoken.

Jimmy O. Yang is among the best comedians to live.

Interviewer was well prepared with the prior research talking points

I just finished reading 'How to American' today after watching this video last week.. Super fun book! :)

Such an inspiring character!

An awesome interview~! If I thought I liked Jimmy O Yang before in Silicon Valley? I was wrong... I really like him now that I've seen and heard him in this interview~! Much success to you Jimmy in all your future endeavors~! Thanks, Google~!

Great Q&A!

UKposts just recommended this video to me, so I watched it. And immediately bought the book. I'm curious to learn about his story in more detail.

I know many asians my not relate, but im asian raised in Massachusetts in the 70's which was pretty hard in the beginning. But when i moved to California at 13 years old, my mind was more white but I definitely was Asian on the outside. But i always got what i aimed for and never felt discrimination but im sure i was at time. But since i wasn't looking for it, nothing ever stopped me. I reached all my goals i set at 8 years old by 30. I did give my asian mom some heart attacks but was always a respectful son. Always sending money to them until they told me to stop when I got married. Lol I didn't learn how hard it was to be an Asian male until i took an Asian American class in college. I then (at age 50) asked young Asian girls/woman how they felt sbout asian men and how young Asian teens and men felt about being Asian. Wow i didn't know how different i grew up not feeling or looking for the differences. Just wanted to say that i agree with his statement. Don't let be being Asian discrimination be the reason you stop trying. I never knew it existed even though I see it now sometimes and i reached all my goals. Best wishes and God bless you all, Leo

Jimmy is very DTE and entertaining to listen to. Wishing him all the best with his career wherever it takes him.

Why am I only hearing about this guy now, he's hilarious! 😂