Jamie Chung

When they don't have your back on a show, it's the worst feeling ever. That energy trickles down to the cast and crew. You can feel when it's not gonna be a winner. But when you have the support of the network and the studio, it's a really good feeling.

Jamie Jilynn Chung (born April 10, 1983) is an American actress and former reality television personality. She gained worldwide recognition for her roles in films Dragonball Evolution, Grown Ups, Premium Rush, Sorority Row, The Hangover Part II, Sucker Punch, and Big Hero 6.

Quotes

• The narrative needs to change. Asian-American actresses don't want to be the damsels in distress anymore. We don't want to be saved, especially by a white man.
  • As quoted in "Jamie Chung Doesn’t ‘want to be saved, especially by a white man" in Nextshark (10 April 2018)

• We want to see women in more power positions, not just in front of the screen but behind the screen as well.
  • As quoted in "#MeToo not just about calling out sexual harassers" in The Korea Times (31 March 2018)

You need to challenge your body in different ways, but I think the best way is to go for a run and stretch out your body.

• 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.
  • As quoted in "#MeToo not just about calling out sexual harassers" in The Korea Times (31 March 2018)

• My parents, in their 40s, moved to a different country, started a business, bought a house, didn't speak the language, raised two kids - it's kind of amazing.
  • As quoted in "Jamie Chung is finally over her fear of commitment" in New York Post (14 April 2015)

• We'd only speak Korean at home. They [parents] wouldn't 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.
  • On her childhood memories in "Jamie Chung, Star of ‘Premium Rush, On Her Road from The Real World to Hollywood" in The Daily Beast (25 August 2012)

• There are these creative shows, all on cable, that are just so daring and out there. That's the stuff I really want to be a part of, like with 'Sucker Punch' and 'Hangover 2'. Those movies didn't hold back. They really went for it.
  • As quoted in "From The Real World to Real Life: Jamie Chung" in Interview Magazine (27 May 2011)

• It's so important to work with material you can really mold and milk and create and evolve.
  • As quoted in "From The Real World to Real Life: Jamie Chung" in Interview Magazine (27 May 2011)

• If you feel good about what you put on your face - or body - that's really putting your best foot forward.
  • As quoted in "Jamie Chung Reveals The 'Real' (Adorable) Reason She's Marrying Bryan Greenberg" in The Huffington Post (16 May 2014)

• I view my career like a rubber-band ball in that every role is a new experience building toward something bigger.

• I didn't want to be known as the reality-show star trying to be an actress, so I kept a lot of the failed auditions to myself.