My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped, and I'm not mad about it, but my childhood dream is Broadway and I want to end up there.
Because in both TV and film every story under the sun is being told, and so music shouldn't be restricted to have to follow, like, the John Williams template or something. I love John Williams, but that sound doesn't suit every story.
With 'Sharknado,' they've got a great mix of TV and film. This is a film that has film impact in the TV medium.
L.A. is so focused on TV and film that theater is kind of an arcane sport. People look at you like you're doing something cute.
By the time I started doing TV and film, I was in my forties, so I wasn't going to do the young up-and-comer.
I'd always had the concern that being in commercials would affect my credibility when I was getting started as a TV and film actor.
With Asian-Americans actors, specifically, there's been fewer opportunities for them in TV and film and fewer that have the ability to actually make a career out of it. It becomes a bit of a chicken and egg situation, where they're like, 'Oh, but they're not famous names,' but they haven't had a chance to be in anything yet, either.
I always find that really interesting, you know, when I get to see characters that I love in TV and film and theater around their family.
When I've done TV and film, when it's offered to me, I loved doing it, and I would do it again, but the ins and outs of auditioning is - that's time away from my kids.
I think that TV and film are very important mediums to show what people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations can do, and I think that, as women, we are still in the process of proving what we can do, what we can accomplish, and who we are.
