Elodie Yung Quotes

When I got to Hollywood, at first I couldn't get a lot of jobs. So I grew a beard and look like a really bad Arab, and I started to get a lot of work because that's what they want.

I didn't think it was possible for Asians to be actors.

A lot of times in Hollywood, when casting directors find out you're of Middle Eastern descent, they go, 'Oh, you're Iranian? Great. Can you say, 'I will kill you in the name of Allah?'' I could say that, but what if I were to say, 'Hello, I'm your doctor.'

Some people have said that I haven't got the parts I should've got because of the way I look.

In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.

I didn't expect any success at all. I was rejected by every publisher in the world and every agent in town.

I definitely think that typecasting is something that happens all the time.

Turns out typecasting is a real thing.

I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen.

You have to accept that when you don't get the part, it's to do with all sorts of reasons completely beyond your control, unless you know it's because you weren't prepared.

You never get every job you want.

I was never treated differently. I never felt like I was lesser or I was discriminated against. I've only experienced that after I became an actor.

Hollywood's racist.

I got rejected from all the good drama schools first time.

I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'

I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I'm not tall, blonde and glamorous. I'm more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound.

I got rejected from journalism school!

You could give the best audition ever and not get the role or not get a callback because you just weren't what they were looking for.

When you go out on auditions for big movies, and you're not a big star, you get used to getting close but not getting the part.

I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.

It's so easy for people to stick a label on you, and then that taints everything you touch.

Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.

Yes, I'm blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn't know where to put me. The blond hair wasn't matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work.

After hundreds of auditions and nothing, you're sitting home and wondering, 'What am I doing?'

My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.