♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK FOR THE STAR TO HAVE THE NEW FILM "MINARI," STEVEN
YEUN.
YOU GOT TO GO TO THE PREMIERE WITH YOUR OWN FATHER AND SIT
NEXT TO HIM.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: HOW YOU PARENTS WITH YOU HAVING AN ACTING
CAREER?
ARE THEY FULLY SUPPORTIVE?
>> WELL, NOW THEY, ARE YOU KNOW.
NOW THEY ARE.
BUT, I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY SURREAL TO, LIKE, HAVE -- YOU
KNOW, AS A SECOND GENERATION KID, YOU KNOW, ALL YOU REALLY
WANT TO DO IS TELL YOUR PARENTS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THEM AND
TELL THEM THE STORY THAT PERHAPS THEY CAN'T TELL THEMSELVES.
AND, SO, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS REALLY
INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, TO READ THAT SCRIPT AND READ SOMETHING
THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND THEN TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE IT AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IT TO SUNDANCE AND HAVE
YOUR CAD SIT NEXT TO YOU WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING IT, THAT'S
LIKE -- WHO GETS TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW?
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
HOW DID YOU FIRST TELL HIM YOU WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR?
WAS THERE SOME OTHER PLAN THEY HAD IN MIND FOR YOU?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I'M A KOREAN KID SO I HAD TO DO LAW SCHOOL OR
MED SCHOOL OR ANY OTHER MORE SCHOOL THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE
WITH.
BBUT I JUST BROKE MY PARENTS DOW EARLY, JUST DEFIED THEM FROM AN
EARLY AGE.
ONCE I TOLD THEM I WANTED TO MOVE TO CHICAGO FOR IMPROV, THEY
ACTUALLY LET ME MOVE AS LONG AS I WOULD GET A JOB.
I GOT A JOB DOING INSIDE SALES AT A I.T. TECH CONSULTING FIRM,
AND I PROMPTLY LEFT A MONTH AFTER THEY FOUND OUT I WAS
BLOGGING ABOUT HOW STRANGE IT WAS ON THE INSIDE, AND THAT WAS
NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR ME.
SO LEARNING LESSONS.
>> Stephen: I THINK QUITTING YOUR DAY JOB IS THE BEST
POSSIBLE THING YOU CAN DO AS AN IMPROV COMEDIAN BECAUSE YOU'VE
GOT TO CUT THE SAFETY ROPE AND JUST --
>> YOU DO.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WELL, THAT'S THE ADVICE WE HAVE FOR ALL YOU YOUNG PEOPLE OUT
THERE -- TAKE ENORMOUS RISKS WITH YOUR LIFE, IT WORKS OUT.
TWO OUT OF TWO TIMES, IT WORKS.
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT HAPPENS 100% OF THE TIME.
>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL, IS IT MINARI, IS THAT HOW YOU SAY IT?
>> YEA, "MINARI" >> STEPHEN: "MINARI" WILL BE IN
SELECT THEATERS THIS FRIDAY AND AVAILABLE ON DEMAND FEBRUARY
26TH.
STEVEN YEUN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANKS, STEVEN.