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We go deep in this episode with the badass queen we all know and love, Eli Jane. She takes us through the highs and lows of her journey, sharing how every experience, even the tough ones, helped...
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00:00Hey Ru fans, this is Laze. Today we're chatting with Eli Zhang, our powerhouse leading lady on screen.
00:05You might have seen her in his shows like The Alpha Queen Returns, The Lost Prima Ballerina, and The Return of the Lost Heiress.
00:12And most recently, in Song of My Mother's Tears, and The Seal Queen.
00:30Welcome Ru fans, we're going to get into the session now. Eli Zhang, welcome to Ru Talk.
00:36Thanks for having me.
00:36We would really love to get to know you. I know you have a wonderful life. Before this moment, could you walk us to what has happened and how you get to where you are today?
00:45It's definitely been a life's journey. I moved around a lot as a kid. I'm the youngest of four kids.
00:51Wow.
00:51I lived all throughout the states. Michigan, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, San Diego, Florida.
00:56And I had learning disabilities and some trauma, which couldn't help me focus in school.
01:02And so I had a very bad taste in my mouth about school because I wasn't good at it.
01:06And I was homeschooled, so I missed a lot of the basics. I love my mom. She tried her best.
01:10And also moving around, I had a lot of gaps in my education.
01:13Yeah. What was that mostly for, the moving around? What's the cause of it?
01:16My dad. My dad's work. He would get a job and then we would move.
01:20Gotcha.
01:20Yeah.
01:21You just dropped nine places? Eight places?
01:24A lot. So like the longest I ever lived in a house, I think was three years or something.
01:28Wow. And all four kids, the whole family got uprooted and moved.
01:32Yeah. Wow.
01:33I have fond memories of every summer we would go back to Michigan because both my mom and my dad's
01:39family are from Michigan. So we would get in this camper and we would travel from whatever state
01:45we were living in. Yeah. Cause it's cheaper with four kids and then it's like a bonding experience.
01:49So I'm really grateful that I had siblings because I feel like it really helped me get
01:54used to males and females. So they were always, and I was the youngest, so I was trying to keep
01:59up with them. And my mom, one of the reasons she held me back is she was like, you're too
02:03mature. So I would hang out with all the older siblings. So I lived in San Diego. My parents
02:10had divorced and my mother wanted to go back to where she would go every summer, which was Sarasota,
02:17Florida. So she moved me to Sarasota, Florida. And I was very bitter about that because I really
02:23didn't want to go. And I was leaving my dad as well. So that was another thing that was very hard
02:29on me as a young teen to, to leave my dad and to leave where I wanted to. So by the time I was 18,
02:36I moved back to be with my father in California, but I also knew that that's where entertainment was.
02:43Gotcha.
02:44Back in those days, there was like YM, 17 Magazine, Oprah Winfrey. I did a cover contest. And so I got
02:52runner up for 17 Magazine and then 17 Magazine found me. I was doing covers for like Italy and
02:59they found me on 17 and they were like, you're an up and coming star. And so I was on her show
03:04with Usher and Serena Williams. But I was also a very good cheerleader at the time. Because of my
03:09gymnastics, I like excelled basically. By the time I was 18, I was pregnant. We started a clothing
03:16company called Vondage. I started it with gangsters. They had another gangster line called Bronze Age. And
03:22if you watch the documentary on Hulu, it'll go into it more, but they had no credit. His partner had
03:28just gotten out of San Quentin. He'd done some jail time. And so the company was very fruitful,
03:34Bronze Age, but because of him going to prison, he lost that company. So then they started Vondage
03:41and they had no credit line. So they used my credit line and my mom's credit line. And like
03:46everything was in my name. So it was like the phone bills, the FedEx, me flying to them, to their
03:52initial investor into Japan. And then once he got that money, it was like, we split apart. And so I
03:59never saw any of that money from Vondage. Vondage ended up taking off and becoming a really big thing,
04:05which is why they did the documentary a few years back. And so it was kind of nostalgic to
04:12after that company had already become so big and you know that you helped out. It was kind of like,
04:17you know, that movie Hidden Figures where like the women actually help a lot, but then you didn't
04:21even really get credit during the documentary of like how much you actually helped this company.
04:25Right. And without my money or my credit actually. Putting yourself on the line like that.
04:30Yeah. The company would be no more. You know what I mean? So, um, that's what I'm so grateful for.
04:36It's verticals. Oh, okay. Because women are actually having a voice.
04:40How does that transition into acting then? When does acting come into your life?
04:44So it was a struggle, you know, being a single mom with no child support, raising a son. But I just,
04:52I couldn't imagine doing anything else. I wanted it so bad. And so I would do whatever I could. And
04:57there was basically music videos, commercials. And that's what I did a lot of. Then I got into
05:02stunts or somewhere in between. And I started really making a living doing stunts. And that was
05:09amazing. That makes sense. Okay. Really cool. Yeah. And the stunt community was really great.
05:14I mean, they're very, they're crazy. They probably come from also a lot of different
05:20lives as well. Yes. They're crazy. Um, and I, I can say that both of my kids are first responders.
05:28So they're crazy as well. There's a rush when it comes to stunts comes to anything like that.
05:35I feel like you're a first responder. That's a rush. Yeah. Yeah. When I was doing stunts,
05:40I stopped drinking. And for me, what happened was it like switched my addictions to food.
05:47And so, um, even my second child, I was like 200 pounds. I've always had a struggle about with like
05:53food of overeating, under eating. I've had a bad relationship that I've had to really restructure
05:58and wouldn't have my kids. Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think it's very common for addicts to,
06:07to switch. I mean, if you're an addict, you're there and there are different addicts, so it's not
06:11safe for me to say that, but for my type of addict, um, I just switched. So it became food and
06:20it sort of took over my life to where I couldn't make a living and I couldn't focus. And, um, you would
06:27think, Oh, you're sober. You can do things, but that's not what happened for me. What happened for
06:31me was I had a very bad bottom on food. And for me, I take it as like my HP, my higher power, my,
06:40my higher universe was like telling me like, you have to figure this out or you're not going to be
06:45able to go on. Um, and you know, it's like all of these little things that you think are so terrible,
06:52like the drinking, the using the, the food, they end up becoming one of your superpowers.
06:59So, um, just like losing custody of my son and a lot of these real shorts, I do the mom who loses
07:08their kid. And I have that experience. I I've had years and years of trauma and sadness and
07:16what comes with losing a child, you know, you're changing that, that person's growing up and how
07:24they're going to become as a human. And, and knowing that it's my fault, you know, knowing that
07:30it's because of what I consumed and the selfishness of that, there's a lot of weight that comes with
07:38that. Um, but like, how cool is that, that I've been able to make a living? That's one of the
07:44things that I do. You know, I mean, I can share that with the world. I can help people understand.
07:50I can help them feel, I can entertain them. But in the moment you think, Oh my God, this is a
07:56terrible thing. And am I ever going to make it out of that? Right. And you do, you know, and you just
08:02become stronger unless, you know, there's this saying you're either growing or you're going.
08:08And for me, I've grown. Um, I don't want to go yet. So I just keep fighting.
08:14No, you won't. Oh, that's really inspiring. And I can, no, I think, I don't know if the audiences
08:20know about this backstory, but if they have known all those moments that they see will have come
08:26more powerful, especially the moms out there or whoever's struggling. Yeah. Yeah. I know.
08:30You know, sometimes I feel like my acting is connected with something higher than me. I don't know where
08:35it comes from, but I really try to utilize that because I feel like in some instances,
08:40it's not really me. It's, it's something greater than me. That's trying to get portrayed on screen.
08:46And I remember having a moment, I was talking to the other actress, but I was really just talking
08:52to the next generation. Um, and, and I was literally like wanting the young, the next up and coming
09:00generation to know, like similar story that I was just talking about. I was like,
09:03you're going to get through it. You're going to overcome it. Um, and the, the universe needs you,
09:10the universe needs to hear you. Um, and you know, that was such a beautiful moment. I really hope
09:16more people go and watch song of my mother's tears. It came out not too long ago, but that was
09:20in the show, in the script, your, your conversation with the next generation. Um, yeah, I mean, I was
09:26utilizing, I was talking to the other character, but I was utilizing, knowing that a lot of younger
09:32people watch this and I wanted them to know that because I know where I have been at my,
09:39in my life. And sometimes you just need to hear it. You know, sometimes I hear things that I need
09:43to hear, like maybe from a higher universe or whatever, by just watching TV or through talking
09:51to someone else or somebody to ring the bell. Yes. Was there something about acting that you
09:56connected with that you chose to be your sort of current career or what was the connection?
10:02I think the connection is just wanting to share my story and my life's work. I mean, you know,
10:09oftentimes, sometimes I'll play characters and I know that I can be fun. I can have a lot of fun
10:14on set, which is so fun, you know, cause it's like a soap opera thing. Right. Sometimes you can be really
10:19fun. Also, I've experienced a lot of stuff and, um, I want to, not only is it sort of therapy
10:27for me, but I'm actually really shy. You are. So growing up, yeah. Homeschooled. You have to
10:36remember, I didn't have, the only communication I had was with my body. So as a gymnast, I'd be in
10:42the gym for four hours and that's how I would communicate. There wasn't a lot of like verbal
10:48communication outside of my mom. Okay. So, um, people scare me also from moving around a lot.
10:55I never really had to grow serious bonds and it really never mattered what I did because I would
11:00just move again. Right. So even if I was, you know, acting out, no one would ever know. Right. Um,
11:07and I was full of energy. I was very rambunctious. Yeah. That's what I was going to say. That's the
11:12opposite of being shy. Because I was in such good shape. Uh-huh. So if I wasn't, I didn't know how to be
11:17stimulated mentally. I only knew how to be stimulated physically. So it's been a transition.
11:24I mean, even my boyfriend today, he is mentally stimulating for me. And now that I'm sober and
11:30the older I get, I find out how much I actually really liked the mental stimulation, but it's hard
11:35because I don't know how to communicate that well. And I mean, I'm learning, I'm getting better.
11:42I've progressed a whole lot. Um, I think that's why interview interviews terrify me.
11:48Boy, you're killing it. Don't worry about it.
11:50Because I have to use my own words, you know, it's so funny because I'll be on set and I'll
11:55not like a word and I'll try to change it. And then I've discovered that usually if I don't like
12:00something, it's because I don't understand it. And I'll usually say, Oh, it's written by AI or,
12:06Oh, the writer didn't understand. But it really has nothing to do with either one of those two
12:09things because usually, especially real short is very well thought out. And it's usually me that
12:14doesn't know. So like, that's another thing that I have to reprogram is the blame. It's nobody's
12:18fault, but Eli's and how Eli handles this situation.
12:22Taking accountability.
12:24I have to take accountability for me. Now, whatever somebody else says is none of my business. It's
12:29all in how I...
12:31Give you your best efforts.
12:32Right. Exactly. I mean, with even the Oprah and the 17 and, you know, even coming out here and then
12:40starting Von Dutch and then going as an assistant producer at 21 on a major motion picture. I mean,
12:48I was given so many opportunities and I flushed them down the toilet. I should probably be a lot
12:54further along in my career had I not. But then I can't live in regret because I wouldn't be right
13:00here with you guys now. And maybe this is what the universe needs to hear. Maybe somebody needed
13:05to be here to tell you what it was like before. So I know that if I wouldn't have done those harmful
13:12things to myself, I feel like I would probably be further. But who knows?
13:18You've... Yeah, I don't know. You can't say that.
13:20Who knows? You've given as many opportunities.
13:21Yeah.
13:22I just, you know, I don't want to... I want to make sure that I'm honest with myself and the universe and
13:28say, like, I was given a lot of opportunities that I messed up and not everyone has to do that.
13:34Yeah, no. But I always just play the devil's advocates saying that most people are given
13:41opportunities and I don't think anyone was able to capture all of them. People always have to grow
13:46from zero. So they always have to learn. There's always a learning curve. So in hindsight, we all
13:51missed out on some opportunities and you thought, oh, what a different life I would have had.
13:56Yeah. But no, it's just part of the process of life. You have to learn and you have to fail
14:01at something. You have to miss out on some.
14:03Yeah. I mean, I think it's also a testament to, like, if you are thinking negatively,
14:10you really need to do some restructuring, rebranding, rethinking. I actually ended up getting
14:19sober by helping my son. I wanted what was best for him. I didn't want him to go through what I went
14:24through and I ended up sort of hearing what the therapist said. You're doing so great right now.
14:28You look like a total positive person, a good member of the society. I was not always like that.
14:33I know. That's why when you say how far down you were, that just shows how far you have become,
14:39you know, how far you have gone. So applause to that. I think that especially as a woman,
14:44I had some really close calls. I've had some situations that I'm not proud of. I've been in
14:50contact with some of old Hollywood that is now part of the Me Too movement. I mean, these are all,
14:56but I can't say that I didn't necessarily put myself in those situations. You know, I wanted
15:02the easy way out and that's not the easy way out. That's actually the hard way out. You know,
15:08and that's again, another thing where like this next generation now knows that they can work their
15:13butts off and they can become something. They don't have to be a housewife of a director.
15:19They don't have to sleep with, they can do it themselves. All they have to do is do the work
15:24now, you know, cause we're showing up in numbers, you know, this might be a good moment to quote Kim
15:30Kardashian. Nevermind. I love it. Get your ass up and work.
15:36Get your ass up and work. I don't know if that's the right quote, but anyways,
15:41I mean, it's true though. It was, it was a meme, but no, I definitely, there's way more channels
15:46and platforms being, you know, so that the people who are willing to, the women who wanted to put in
15:51the work, they have the ability to move up. So I think that's, um, definitely this is a better time.
15:58So this is very inspirational. Let me, um, segue real quick to talk about real short and all the
16:06mother roles you're playing. As you said, it's a superpower that you have living through so much
16:12of those moments and now playing these motherly roles. Any sort of like jumping off points that
16:17you feel like, Oh, this is, um, role that is exactly me, or this is a different type of mother
16:22that I'm not quite them yet. How, how, how's that relationship with the roles you've been given so
16:28far? First of all, I think that in any of my acting, I will put other faces there or other
16:36situations. For instance, there was that scene with the other character where she was in the
16:41hospital song, my mother's tears. And I, I was speaking to a greater population, but I was still
16:49wanting this next generation to know, or even whoever was watching at that time that like,
16:56this is, and I was also talking to myself, you know, it's so much going on channel.
17:01Yeah. You have the desire of expression from you. Yeah.
17:04You have to channel it. And I try to do that all the time. So sometimes I'll put something
17:09totally different in my, who I'm talking to because then the audience is like, what is
17:15she really thinking? Who is she really talking to? Um, and that keeps it interesting. I don't
17:22want people to be like, Oh my God, that's so boring. Like I want to be interesting. I see.
17:27You know, I mean, I, that's how I like to view film and TV. I like to watch and be interested.
17:33Like what is she thinking? And why would she do that? I see, you know, like what's the
17:40most fun role you've played so far? I was just thinking, um, well, I loved the alpha queen
17:46returns. That was amazing. I had no idea going to set that I was going to be having like an
17:53English character, like have that accent. Oh, okay. I did do, um, sorry guys, but I did
18:00do like a scene in an American accent because I was like, Oh, well, what if I can't like
18:05use that? Like for any of my reels, but I know it might've taken me out of the character.
18:10Shh. Don't tell anyone, but that's not why I did it. Do you know if they kept it?
18:13They did. They kept it. I thought about it and I was like, I'm not going to use that because
18:17I actually need the English. Yeah, it's good. Yeah. But when I showed up to set, I had no idea.
18:22Oh wow. So we just worked it up. The director, um, Longwood was like, uh, yeah, no, I need
18:26you to say like, and I was like, holy crap. So, I mean, I try to be like moldable and flexible
18:33and have no ideas of what I perceive the character because the director could spin me a totally
18:39different direction. So it was literally the first day on set of like, this is how I want
18:43the character and holy I have to study an, a European accent. And what does that look like?
18:48Damn. What a challenge.
18:49So, yeah, but it was also written really well. Um, it was a challenge. There was a lot of
18:55dialogue, but I also feel like the writer had a very clear idea of what they were looking
18:59for, for the alpha queen returns. And, um, I tried to my darndest, you know, you're shooting
19:06a lot of pages.
19:07So many, so many pages. Like usually I just did a film where we did six pages a day.
19:12Oh wow.
19:13It was nothing, you know? So like talk about a training ground for amazing talent that you're
19:18going to see up and coming.
19:19Yep.
19:20We're doing like 16 pages. Okay. A day, at least, you know, and film, you're doing half
19:29of that.
19:29Yeah. Okay. Less than half of that. So totally different world.
19:33It's like soap operas. It's literally, which would terror, terrorize me. But for whatever
19:39reason, these are like shorter. So I've been able to gain my confidence in my learning disability
19:46or whatever it is to be like, I can still do a minute. I can. And usually like, I'll get
19:51mad sometimes like the client or, or what, again, I'm projecting everything onto them. That's
20:00really me. And I've started to learn to say, it really has nothing to do with you. I'm just
20:04frustrated. I can't get the lines. I want to do my best work. And sometimes I'll have
20:09to say, I know you want me to say that, but like, I would never say that. And it's really
20:14throwing me out of the character. I need to say it like this. Is this okay? And sometimes
20:18they'll say yes. And sometimes they'll be like, no, we want you to say exactly as it
20:22is. So then it's about how do you take something that you totally don't believe in and make
20:28it sound real? So there's two ways to do that.
20:30Yeah. Part of the job.
20:31Yeah. You can either make it, try to sell it, or you can also make it a comedy. And sometimes
20:37I think the audience sees that I sometimes put comedy in there, even though it's very dramatic
20:43because I'm having fun. Like, ha ha ha. You want me to say this? Oh my God.
20:48I'll say it. But really, this is funny.
20:51So verticals for you overall, if you have to cap it off, it sounded like it's a great
20:55training ground. Totally.
20:57It was very different, but you are accustomed to it now. Your muscles are strong for it.
21:02I'm getting stronger.
21:03Getting stronger.
21:04Am I, I think the moment I say that I'm on top of it is the moment that I have a humbling
21:09experience, which has happened. And it's like, ha ha ha. No, let me humble you really quick.
21:17Well, that's how the universe works.
21:19It's totally how the universe works.
21:22What would be the roles that you would want to play next?
21:26Because you were saying- I think I would love to play more.
21:29And I've gotten this feedback is like, why is she not playing more of like the love interest?
21:34It's almost like the audience doesn't feel like someone my age can have, be in a love interest
21:38without having like gray hair. And like, I mean, I have done some of those on other platforms.
21:43Yeah, I was going to say, yeah.
21:44But it's like, do we not fall in love? Do we not get divorced? Do we not? Because, I mean,
21:51I think at any age of life, you know, you can constantly outgrow your partner. You can
21:56constantly be looking for love.
21:58100%.
21:58Um, and so why, why haven't we done more, not children? I mean, I understand, I think
22:04analytically, we need a younger audience to be brought in, but then is there an audience
22:12and maybe there isn't. So then that would be my question to the real short people that
22:16are watching is like, would you even want to watch somebody my age fall in love? Or would
22:21that be like weird? Like, yeah, I think I know that's definitely an age old question. It applies
22:27to the traditional world as well. Like, you know, the, the younger, the, the 18 to 24 are
22:32the, are the people who have more time and money to go to the movie theaters, which is why a lot
22:36of the content are catered to them. And the more like niche indie films are more, um, that cater
22:43to like older audiences. They, they, they have to work with a little smaller budget just because
22:48of the appetites of the market. I, but I do agree. Like time is changing and you know,
22:53the relationship status for this generation is changing. So, you know, they're definitely
22:57watching the numbers 24 seven. I can guarantee that. So maybe they will start changing and
23:02doing more. I think, um, we might have met before, right? Yeah. Well, he casted me on, yeah,
23:12a few projects actually just for CEO queen, just the CEO queen. Yeah. So I think, I mean,
23:16my version is, uh, on CEO queen, I was casting it. And then, um, the producer came straight
23:21out of bed. We want Eli Jane for this role. I was like, all right, on it. No problem.
23:28I think I must have done it in another life then. Yeah. But no, I, I visited the set.
23:32I saw you in passing. You were having great fun. I don't want to drag down your process.
23:36So I just, uh, you know, say hi. In that case, let's watch some of your, uh, beautiful performances.
23:41Shall we? Mary Miller. I don't do anything here, but just play dead. I got to say you
23:50have perfect hair laying on the house. She did such a good job on my hair. What, what
23:54are you thinking when you were laying there when the camera saw you? Nothing. I was just
23:58chilling. You're chilling. You don't have to like, try to control your. This whole day I hardly
24:02did anything. Oh damn. You deserve someone better. See, I'm trying to help her out. Wait,
24:07were you able to stand in the story? I stand. That's the miracle. They're all great.
24:13Still won't give up. You did a really good job at this. Thanks. You think you're good
24:16enough to touch my sister? Oh, wow. You're so desperate to find out who my daughter is. You,
24:22you'll find out soon enough. And you, you will see exactly what you threw away. Ooh. Hey.
24:31She stood. And I stand up and they shock everyone. What color are my eyes? Oh, thank you all
24:42for coming this evening. During my absence, I worked the hardest, most low paying jobs. I
24:50wanted to understand. She seems more CEO. This is all your fault. Oh, you started working with
25:00real short since 2014, uh, 2024, right? Yes. How has life been different since then?
25:05Wow. Uh, I have a whole new life. Um, for the first time in my life, I've been able to make a
25:11career, uh, theatrically. Okay. Which is what I've always wanted. So you're talking about a dream
25:15that's completely come true. Wow. That, I mean, I've been able to put my kid through college.
25:20Um, but yeah, I just, I quit my day job and, um, I'm working as an actress, full-time actress
25:29theatrically. I mean, how awesome. How has it changed my life? I mean, pretty dramatically. So
25:34thanks real short for showing up for me. Do you have fans now? I do. I do. Do you get messages and
25:41DMs? I do. Yes. What are the current themes? Well, now that I've done, um, a few real shorts,
25:46they are starting to chime in about the type of work that I'm doing, which is really funny. It's
25:51like, you know, can't you just play something where you're not crying all the time? Do you cry
25:56in the alpha queen? Well, I cry for my daughter. Oh, okay. Um, but I do do a lot of the tear
26:02jerkers. Yeah. I only see the, the tear jerkers. Um, it's, which is really funny that I have such a
26:09wide range of audiences. So I go from the tear jerkers to the ones that are heavy, heavily stunt
26:15oriented and I'm like beating people up, um, that are also very male driven. A lot of my audience is
26:21also males. Um, I'm a bit of a tomboy, so, um, I love my men. So that's awesome. Yeah. I mean,
26:28I've had a lot of great men in my life. So, wow. You do have a very wide range. I have to say,
26:33after looking at your stuff, like you can walk so many genres. So leading women. Well, I thought I
26:40could never cry. Wow. Speaking of song of mother's tear, the first episode, when you were
26:48talking about the violin, that felt very genuine. Yeah. That was very authentic. Can you please just
26:53take another look at this violin? Yeah. I don't know if you remember that. Yeah, of course. Next
26:58question I have is, as actors, we kind of go through phases of our careers, um, because we also grown
27:07and, you know, what do you think about your current phase? And I guess we have already talked a little
27:13bit about your wish and what do you want to, what you want to do next. But if there's any more thoughts
27:19about your current phase, feel free to share. One of the things that I love about Real Short is that
27:25I get to play a lot of different characters because there's so much content being created. And so
27:29I just don't want to get stuck. Okay. Like I don't want to get stuck in being
27:34just the mom or just the crying mom that loses her kid or I want to play all different types of
27:41things. And I feel like Real Short is actually really good at that. Honestly, it just a, it's an
27:47inherent advantage that the volume of content they're putting out, the diversification is just
27:53built in or there, there's a higher need for it. So. Okay. Now it's game time. Let's play a game
28:00called fan or there. This is just like truth or there, but instead of truth questions, we'll use
28:06questions from you guys, the fans. Let me fish out my buckets. Ah, games. All right, you pick.
28:15Okay. Let's see. Let me read it out. Okay. So fan question. You've got your dream role. Who would you
28:24pick as your cast? Angelina Jolie. Oh, damn. You know what? I see you guys being sisters. Oh,
28:32she's such a badass. You guys are both badasses. She doesn't, you know, she does her own thing.
28:38She's a badass. Okay. Next. All right. This is a dare. Draw a quick self-portrait with your eyes
28:47closed. Oh my God. Let's do 20 seconds so we can get at least some features on your face. Close
28:57your eyes, please. Okay. Kindly. 20, 19, 18. This is really hard. 17. I can't see. 15, 14. You're doing great.
29:0812. I'm making eyelashes. 10. Yeah. At the wrong place. Um, 5, 4, 2, 1. I did it! It's a phase.
29:22Pretty good. It's pretty good. Okay. If you have to caption this, what would you say?
29:27That's your Instagram post. Cabbage patch doll. There. Reenact a line from one of your shows,
29:34but as if you are in a telenovela. Give us the context of the scene in that line.
29:40Just know that whatever happens, you are meant to be on this planet. Iceberg.
29:53Oscar. That was good. I love you telenovela. Another dare. Now you're the host for one question.
30:01Okay. One only. Ask me anything. Be gentle. What are you insecure of?
30:08It's the second episode, all right? Next time. Um, great. Thank you so much.
30:16Wait, you didn't answer the question. What question? What is some of your insecurities?
30:20I just told you mine. Oh, I mean like guys all worry about their penis sizes. Oh my God.
30:26And that's something that I have to come to terms with. Under the, that's under. Well, you don't see it,
30:32but there's also, you sort of can gauge it from other physical traits from a man. Wow. I,
30:40I don't know if you're playing dumb or, but for me, I'm, I can sort of eyeball it a little bit. No,
30:46I can't. Huh? I never know. You never know? No, I never know. Come on. Okay. I mean,
30:51I think like the personality, maybe it could be like, oh, well maybe. Personality type of
30:54sizes? Okay. Maybe. Yeah, because most of the guys, but I would never know that till I like.
30:59Okay. Anyways, back to guys. He's serious. I can't tell if he's serious. Right. Hey,
31:04he's joking. You guys, you have to help me. What is he joking? Is this for real? I love you.
31:10Thank you. No, I'm, I'm for real. Like, come on. We have, of course, it's the same thing. So we
31:16worry about that too. And then for me, I also have to come to my sense, come to terms and grow
31:21as a person. So now I'm just, you know, come to terms with it. I just have a small penis.
31:27That was a joke. He's joking. I didn't know it first. I'm gullible. I'm so gullible.
31:35Okay, wait. Anyways, but regardless. Okay, so what are some of the things that you've overcome?
31:39Okay. I mean, accent. That's a big thing. I'm Chinese. I was born in China.
31:43Mandarin was my first language. We learned English since primary school. All the Chinese kids in my
31:49generation, but we don't really speak it. We know a little bit, but not really. So once I came here,
31:54when I was 18 for college, I wanted to start acting, but I realized my accent was really getting in the
31:58way for me, getting anything. So I have to just work really hard to overcome it. And to this day, I have,
32:05that is still my biggest insecurities. Um, my accents, my Chinese accents coming out
32:10and that inhibiting me getting some jobs that I, I will always go back to, maybe it was that,
32:15that I didn't, or it was at least a contributing factor for me not getting a role. Um,
32:21so it's just something that I have to continuously work on and get better at.
32:24Another dare. Act out a scene together with me. You are a dramatic movie star. Laze is your
32:32overworked assistant. Okay. Boss, we have an emergency. One of your followers has broken through
32:39the house and they have picked one of your dolls away. Okay. Well, take care of it. I'm busy.
32:45What would you like me to do? There are a couple of measures we can do. We can fire a rocket at their
32:49houses or we can call the president. I think that neither one of those options are viable. Why don't
32:53you think about something more realistic honey? Sure. That's totally my mistake. I'm very sorry.
32:59I will not disappoint you again. Thank you. I'll get to it and I'm gonna talk to you later. And let's
33:04talk about how creative your brain is because I'm a little concerned if you should still be here.
33:08Sure. I can definitely be less creative. Okay, great.
33:10I don't know where I went with that. Yeah, we don't know. I'm sorry. Fan question. Okay. What was your
33:17favorite real short show to be in? Um, I think The Alpha Queen Returns because it was such a challenge.
33:26That was like my first leading lady of real shorts. Um, and it popped off like a, yeah.
33:33Thank you so much for coming to Eli. It's a great pleasure talking to you. Um, as the tradition,
33:41we have to take a Polaroid selfie. So let's do it.
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