Su-chin Pak Quotes

My parents are small business owners, and the Korean community, like a lot of immigrant communities, is very much owner-driven.

Just as you would if you wanted to eat healthier or take better care of your skin, the most important thing you can do when buying something is to turn over the bottle and get informed about the ingredients. Many items we use daily are full of unpronounceable chemicals.

I was voted ‘most shy‘ in seventh grade! Can you even believe it?

Growing up, the only Asian face I saw on air was Connie Chung or extras on M*A*S*H. That was it. You could either be Chinese delivery guy No. 4 or maybe one day read the news.

I always tell kids to find what they’re passionate about.

I love TV. I’ve done it since I was 16. I don’t have another skill.

The Hester Street Fair started off as a passion project. We imagined a space where friends and neighbors in the creative community could have a place to find an audience.

Every time I get caught on the subway around 3 or 4 during the school year, it’s definitely dicey. I get a lot of like – ‘Yo, are you that girl?’ Then I have to go eight stops with them.

I was one of three hosts for a daily talk show on the Oxygen network when it first launched in 2000. This was before ‘Bad Girls Club,’ so don’t judge.

Very few people know what it’s like being onstage looking out at a sea of bodies.

I feel no shame getting in bed at nine.

Man, it’s hard living in N.Y.C. – even when you have money in your pockets.

Every awards show, I take the same date: my best friend, Blaire. I took my boyfriend once to the VMAs, and I never made that mistake again.

People will talk about money in the general sense, but not in the specific sense of, like, where’d you fail, how’d you succeed, how’d you do it.

Live theater makes me nervous. I feel like I have to fake emotions, because the actors can see me.

Some of the most green people in our lives are our parents and grandparents, who always bought locally and carefully. I remember my grandmother would buy a jar of cream and make it last for a long time. To me, that is just as green as something with an expensive, eco-savvy label on it.

Asian-Americans often struggle to be good sons and daughters, but it’s ultimately your life. In the end, you have to find what you want.

Ten million 16-year-old girls would sell their right arm to live the life that I’ve had.

I hate the outdoors. I’m a big snob.