- THIS WAS YOUR SECOND AUDITION?
- YEAH. - WOW.
- YEAH, IT WAS--
I USUALLY TRY NOT TO TELL OTHER COLLEAGUES
OR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY THIS,
BUT I'M EXTREMELY LUCKY.
IT WAS MY SECOND AUDITION IN L.A.
- IT'S MEANT TO BE. THAT'S GREAT.
JUST TRUST THAT. - I HOPE SO.
- YEAH, JUST TRUST IT.
BUT YOU'RE ON A SHOW THAT MANY PEOPLE GET KILLED,
SO YOU COULD GET KILLED.
- YEAH, YEAH. - YOU NEVER KNOW.
SO IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE GRATEFUL RIGHT NOW.
- [laughs]
- AND WHERE YOU BORN?
- I WAS BORN IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
- AND THEN AT WHAT AGE DID YOU MOVE HERE?
- WE MOVED TO REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN.
[people cheering]
- WOW. - WHAT?
- THAT IS CRAZY. - WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
[laughter]
YOU SHOULD BE MANNING THE TILLS OVER THERE OR SOMETHING.
IT'S SO COLD OVER THERE.
WE MOVED THERE AND THEN MOVED TO MICHIGAN.
- AND SO YOUR PARENTS--
THEN YOUR PARENTS WERE NOT HAPPY
THAT YOU CHOSE THIS PROFESSION.
- NO, MY PARENTS ARE KOREAN,
AND TRADITIONALLY, THAT FIRST GENERATION
OF KOREAN-AMERICANS AREN'T TOO HAPPY
WITH THE LITTLE CURVEBALL THAT YOU THROW THEM
WHEN YOU'RE A KID, SO...
- AND NOW THEY MUST BE SO PROUD OF YOU.
- OH, NOW THEY JUST HAVE SO MUCH ADVICE,
AND, LIKE--THEY'RE LIKE-- YOU KNOW,
THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE INDUSTRY,
LIKE, "YOU SHOULD DO THIS,
OR LIKE, "YOU SHOULD PART YOUR HAIR THE OTHER WAY."
IT'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WHATEVER.
- "YOU SHOULD PART YOUR HAIR THE OTHER WAY"?
- MY DAD WANTED ME TO WEAR SUITS
EVERYWHERE I WENT.
LIKE, JUST--HE'S LIKE, "YOU SHOULD JUST WEAR A SUIT."
I'M LIKE, "I'M GOING TO GET ORANGES."
HE'S LIKE, "YOU SHOULD GET A SUIT.
YOU SHOULD WEAR A SUIT. WHAT IF THEY FIND YOU?"
- WHAT--WHAT IF WHO GETS YOU?
- THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE FINDING OF YOU.
"AND THEN WHAT IF THEY GET YOU AND THEN YOU'RE NOT IN A SUIT?
THEN YOU LOOK STUPID." I WAS LIKE, "ALL RIGHT."
- OH. - "YOU NEED TO HOLD IT DOWN."
- WOW, THAT'S SO GREAT, THOUGH. - YEAH, NO, THEY'RE SO SWEET.
- YEAH, THEY MUST BE SO PROUD.