JAMIE CHUNG

I love photography, I love food, and I love traveling, and to put those three things together would just be the ultimate dream.

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.

The casting directors that were aware of 'The Real World' looked at me as a joke. It was so hard to get away from that.

If acting doesn't work out, I plan to do food photography and just eat my way through the entire world. I'm a big foodie, and if I could make some career out of it, that would be fantastic.

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.

To be honest with you, I'm more of a girl's girl. I'm much more comfortable being around other girls.

In your 30s, you are very aware of who you are and what you're confident in.

It's so important to work with material you can really mold and milk and create and evolve.

There's so much bullying, and there's so much negativity on social media.

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.

We'd only speak Korean at home. They 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.

Sometimes I'm girly; sometimes I like to be a little edgy.

Indonesia has beautiful hikes, surfing, and private beaches. It's pretty incredible.

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.

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'm just so proud to be from San Francisco and to have a family history there. It's only two generations back, but still, it's two generations in San Francisco. I love it. I'm so proud of it.

All the female characters in 'The Gifted' are stronger than the men. We're not waiting around to be saved but spearheading the missions.

When you can stand over the clouds and watch them roll through the mountains below you, it shifts absolutely everything in your brain.

I'm the worst at making decisions!

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.

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.

It's so important to protect your eyes from harmful UV rays - you use SPF every morning, but you need to protect your eyes, too.

I highly recommend ClassPass. I spend a fortune on Barry's Bootcamp, Cycle House, SoulCycle, Flywheel, Ballet Barre, SLT Pilates, YogaWorks... I do everything, and I'm always trying different workouts, and I was like, 'Finally, 99 bucks!'

I wear a lot of Sophia Webster - her stuff is so fun - and Christian Louboutin, of course.