She reprised the role (and her “Yay me!”
catchphrase) in aSuite Lifestandalone movie and the spinoffThe Suite Life on Deck.
“I played her for almost eight years.”
“We were very, very poor,” Song toldWmagazine.
“We had no money.
My mom was still in school, my dad was in college to be a schoolteacher.”
Song recalled, “I got really, really sick and I wouldn’t take my Robitussin.
She’s a child, she’s not going to remember this.'”
“My parents hadno ideawhat this industry was,” she toldWmagazine.
“They were immigrants, refugees, they didn’t understand.”
It’s almost been 20 years."
“My dad, who’s a schoolteacher,satme down and said, ‘Here’s the thing.
You have an amazing opportunity, if acting is what you want to do.
Education is the most important thing.
Looking back, Song now realizes just how fearless she was.
“When you’re that age, the sky’s the limit,” she toldRefinery29.
“you’ve got the option to still fly.
I never looked at the big picture as a kid.
I just loved acting so much.
I loved the day to day.
I loved getting a script.
It was never about winning an Oscar or being a movie star.”
“They were colorblind casting way before anybody else.
They were giving me TV movies since I was 15 that people would never even think about.
“I didn’t get a lot of auditions.
I’m not Jet Li.
How am I going to do this?'”
“I’m grateful to Disney because without them I wouldn’t be here,” she toldRefinery29.
“But it’s a double-edged sword.
She shared, “I was young, naive and not ready.
I feel fortunate to have been slowly pushed in the right direction.
I’ve progressed as a human, but I didn’t feel a rush to grow up.
It was organic.”
Song can now reflect on her Disney Channel years with pride.
“I’m proud of them for different reasons.”
But the tenacious actress ultimately wore the execs down until they relented.
“The Social Networkwas not only career-changing, but life-changing.
I learnedsomuch on that project.
I could talk about David Fincher all day because he changed my life.”
“I’m gonna make some babies, that kind of stuff,” Culkin told Rogan.
I mean, we’ve definitely been practicing.”
He noted, “But yeah, I’m gonna have some pretty babies.”
“If I was bad, I didn’t get to go to auditions.
It wasn’t the opposite, getting gifts to go to auditions.
“I had a great experience,” Song said of being a child actor.
It’s all I wanted.”
When she comes to, she has amnesia, with no memory of her past or her attacker.
I was like, ‘Why?
This is what I love to do.'”
The character has also been a way for her to connect to her Thai heritage.
It’s just who she is,” Song toldNBC News.
“I just found it so relatable,” Song said ofDollfacein an interview withWmagazine.
“It felt like I was reading about the misadventures of me and my girlfriends.
“It flew by so quickly because we literally just hung out for four months.
It was meant to be.”
Song revealed that she and co-star Kat Dennings had become particularly close.
“Kat and I look at each other and say, ‘Where have you been my entire life?’
She’s my knitting buddy.
We go yarn shopping together,” Song toldRefinery29.
Who knewthese celebs are best friends?
Song toldWmagazine, “I hope that my comedy continues to evolve and stays modern and relevant.
I’m looking forward to seeing what the future holds.
Speaking withPopSugar, she shared her hopes for what viewers take away from the show.
“That’s the whole point of our show.
She found that baffling.
You’re going to fault me for having worked my whole life?'”
“I was like, ‘Where do I fit?'”
After taking some time away, Song realized changing others’ perceptions isn’t something that will happen overnight.
it’s possible for you to’t change your past.’
I am so grateful for every job that I’ve done,” she added.
