Crazy Rich Asians Quotes
Astrid Young Teo: It was never my job to make you feel like a man. I can't make you something you're not.
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Wye Mun Goh: 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.
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Rachel Chu: Thanks for meeting me here. [Eleanor eyes the other two women at the mahjong table]
Rachel Chu: Don't worry about them. They're half-deaf and they only speak Hokkien. [Long pause as Eleanor reluctantly settles into her seat]
Rachel Chu: My mom taught me how to play. She told me mahjong would teach me important life skills: Negotiation. Strategy. Cooperation.
Eleanor Young: You asked me here, I assume it's not for a mahjong lesson. [Shows her tiles]
Eleanor Young: Pong. [Snidely remarks]
Eleanor Young: My mother taught me too.
Rachel Chu: I know Nick told you the truth about my mom, but you didn't like me the second I got here. Why is that?
Eleanor Young: There is a Hokkien phrase 'kaki lang'. It means: our own kind of people, and you're not our own kind.
Rachel Chu: Because I'm not rich? Because I didn't go to a British boarding school, or wasn't born into a wealthy family?
Eleanor Young: You're a foreigner. American - and all Americans think about is their own happiness.
Rachel Chu: Don't you want Nick to be happy?
Eleanor Young: It's an illusion. We understand how to build things that last. Something you know nothing about.
Rachel Chu: You don't know me.
Eleanor Young: I know you're not what Nick needs.
Rachel Chu: [pauses]Well he proposed to me yesterday. [pauses]
Rachel Chu: He said he'd walk away from his family and from you for good. [pauses]
Rachel Chu: Don't worry, I turned him down.
Eleanor Young: [sighs]Only a fool folds a winning hand.
Rachel Chu: Mm no. There's no winning. You made sure of that. 'Cause if Nick chose me, he would lose his family. And if he chose his family, he might spend the rest of his life resenting you. <
Rachel Chu: Don't worry about them. They're half-deaf and they only speak Hokkien. [Long pause as Eleanor reluctantly settles into her seat]
Rachel Chu: My mom taught me how to play. She told me mahjong would teach me important life skills: Negotiation. Strategy. Cooperation.
Eleanor Young: You asked me here, I assume it's not for a mahjong lesson. [Shows her tiles]
Eleanor Young: Pong. [Snidely remarks]
Eleanor Young: My mother taught me too.
Rachel Chu: I know Nick told you the truth about my mom, but you didn't like me the second I got here. Why is that?
Eleanor Young: There is a Hokkien phrase 'kaki lang'. It means: our own kind of people, and you're not our own kind.
Rachel Chu: Because I'm not rich? Because I didn't go to a British boarding school, or wasn't born into a wealthy family?
Eleanor Young: You're a foreigner. American - and all Americans think about is their own happiness.
Rachel Chu: Don't you want Nick to be happy?
Eleanor Young: It's an illusion. We understand how to build things that last. Something you know nothing about.
Rachel Chu: You don't know me.
Eleanor Young: I know you're not what Nick needs.
Rachel Chu: [pauses]Well he proposed to me yesterday. [pauses]
Rachel Chu: He said he'd walk away from his family and from you for good. [pauses]
Rachel Chu: Don't worry, I turned him down.
Eleanor Young: [sighs]Only a fool folds a winning hand.
Rachel Chu: Mm no. There's no winning. You made sure of that. 'Cause if Nick chose me, he would lose his family. And if he chose his family, he might spend the rest of his life resenting you. <
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Rachel Chu: I'm so Chinese. I'm an econ professor that's lactose intolerant.
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Rachel Chu: I can't believe this airport has a butterfly garden and a movie theatre. JFK is just salmonella and despair.
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Astrid Young Teo: God forbid we lose the ancient Chinese tradition of guilting your children.
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Oliver T'sien: It's about time somebody stood up to Auntie Eleanor. But you, not me, oh god. She can't ever know I was here.
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Peik Lin Goh: [to Rachel]She just think you're some like unrefined banana. Yellow on the outside, and white on the inside.
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Eddie Cheng: If you'd worn the gown, we would have been on American Vogue!
Fiona Cheng: You can wear the gown to hell, Eddie.
Fiona Cheng: You can wear the gown to hell, Eddie.
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