Growing up, my favorite movies were 'Forrest Gump,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'Gladiator' - none of them really had Asian leading men.

Growing up, I didn't really know who the Tuskegee Airmen were.

I loved scary movies growing up.

'Hairspray' was a show I was involved in from the very first reading, and I was 19. And, 'Hairspray', was one of my favorite movies growing up.

Magic Johnson was my favorite player growing up.

Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.