Constance Wu Quotes

My priority has always been listening and understanding the voices of those I represent, and I work every day to address the concerns people have for their families.

I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.

I'm a fierce advocate for diversity. Always have been, always will be.

Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.

I can't imagine how hard it must be to invest in a community... when you don't feel heard and when you don't feel seen.

Talk to families in poverty and ask them what they need, instead of prescribing it for them. Ask what the barriers are. Ask what would help. And then deliver it.

I am passionate about human rights.

Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda. I've also done a lot of work for Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS. I think it's important because, when we can be of service to others, it only enhances our lives. I've been helped a lot in my life.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.

I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.

To me, I definitely stand in the corner of wanting to give voice to the bullied, and not the bully.

When we run for office, our job is to work for everybody. You can't work for everybody if you don't listen to everybody.

This is an important appointment to a community that has often felt excluded from the decision making process.

It became clear to me that simply caring is not enough. To drive real progress, you have to change both hearts and laws. You need both understanding and action.

Trying to imagine what it's like to be someone else is never a substitute for actually living that way, for acknowledging the respect that we need to have for each other's experiences.

One of my messages to Republicans is very simple: One-third of your schedule should be listening to people in minority communities.

How do we get to equality? I don't think it comes from fear. I think it comes from understanding.

I want to represent all the Latin people. I want to do this for the rest of my life.

My naivety is to assume people will think there's compassion and solidarity in wanting to play someone even though we are not them.