Harry Shum Jr.

Harry: (About the Glee cast's invitation to perform by Michelle Obama) It's amazing how these things keep happening. Every week we hear about something new. That reaction was insane. All of us just looking at our phones, seeing the email. [Finding out by email] is the best because everyone gets it at the same time. So if we're around each other and read our email, we look at each other like, 'Oh my God!

Harry: (On his popular Glee moniker "Other Asian") I think it was on Twitter that I first realized people were calling me that. We were all just like, "This is crazy!" It's funny, man; it's really funny to have Sue Sylvester call you that. And I knew it was going to be a phrase - people will know me as that for however long. I thought it was funny, but ten years from now if I'm still called that, I've done something wrong and haven't progressed. And the last episode was nuts when they called me Mike Chang - ;everyone was like, "Oh my GOD, you have a name!!!" I'm like, yeah, they just haven't said it over and over again.

Harry: (If his role on Glee has made him feel like a role model)I do. That's what's special about the show. You have a lot of crime dramas and comedies, but this show is great because it has elements of comedy and still touches on a lot of issues that are relevant in society today and in school, in general, that a lot of kids go through. It's important that you can laugh and you can also have an emotional or touching moment on television. That's really important for these kids out there that are searching for that. Sometimes they look to the media for answers, and sometimes they get the wrong answers. But, with this show, we're touching on a lot of issues for people to talk about and think about with their families.