"Its so important to work with material you can really mold and milk and create and evolve."
Jamie Jilynn Chung is an American actress and former reality television personality. She began her career in 2004 as a cast member on the MTV reality series The Real World: San Diego and subsequently through her appearances on its spin-off series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II. She is regarded by many as the Real World alumna with the most successful media career.
"I think the whole movement of #MeToo is not just calling out the sexual harassers, which is really important, but also crying out that we want equal pay, equal representation, equal opportunities, and that we want to see more female directors and photographers."
"The narrative needs to change. Asian-American actresses dont want to be the damsels in distress anymore. We dont want to be saved, especially by a white man."
"We want to see women in more power positions, not just in front of the screen but behind the screen as well."
"Wed only speak Korean at home. They [parents] wouldnt let us have sleepovers and sent us away to Korean church camp during the summers. We had weird food concoctions, too, so instead of spaghetti bolognese, we had rice bolognese with kimchi."
"My parents, in their 40s, moved to a different country, started a business, bought a house, didnt speak the language, raised two kids - its kind of amazing."
"If you feel good about what you put on your face - or body - thats really putting your best foot forward."