“Crazy Rich Asians” quotes

“I chose to help my husband run a business and to raise a family. For me, it was a privilege. But for you, you may think it's old-fashioned. It's nice you appreciate this house and us being here together wrapping dumplings. But all this doesn't just happen. It's because we know to put family first, instead of chasing one's passion.”
Michelle Yeoh - Eleanor Young

“The tan hua plants very rarely bloom, and even then only at night. Their beauty is spectacular but fleeting. By dawn, they'll be gone.”
Janice Koh - Felicity Young

“Our brains so hate the idea of losing something that's valuable to us that we abandon all rational thought, and we make some really poor decisions.”
Constance Wu - Rachel Chu

“They're so posh and snobby, it's snoshy!”
Awkwafina - Peik Lin Goh

“I can't believe this airport has a butterfly garden and a movie theatre. JFK is just salmonella and despair.”
Constance Wu - Rachel Chu

“Rachel Chu-So your family is, like, rich?
Nick Young-We're comfortable.
Rachel Chu-That is exactly what a super-rich person would say.”
Henry Golding - Nick Young
Constance Wu - Rachel Chu

“My mom taught me how to play. She told me mahjong would teach me important life skills: Negotiation. Strategy. Cooperation.”
Constance Wu - Rachel Chu

“God forbid we lose the ancient Chinese tradition of guilting your children.”
Gemma Chan - Astrid Young Teo

“Let me get this straight. You both went to the same school. Yet someone came back with a degree that's useful, and the other one came back as Asian Ellen.”
Ken Jeong - Wye Mun Goh

“Chinese sons think their moms fart Chanel No. 5.”
Awkwafina - Peik Lin Goh

“It was never my job to make you feel like a man. I can't make you something you're not.”
Gemma Chan - Astrid Young Teo