McKinley High has a new bookworm! Jenna Ushkowitz gives Teen Vogue her secrets to living a "Gleeful" and positive lifestyle! Adding one mais skill to her triple-threat resume, glee estrela Jenna Ushkowitz unveils the cover to her new inspirational scrapbook. In Choosing Glee, Jenna takes her talents off screen and into the pages of her first memoir, available on May 14th. She introduces us to her Hollywood success story, describing her early life being adopted from South Korea, her time spent on Broadway as a young actress, and her most recent experiences as one of the leading ladies of Glee, Tina Cohen-Chang. Jenna hopes to inspire and motivate teens por sharing the challenges she's overcome throughout her professional and personal journey in the industry. This is a must-read insightful guide on how to invoke positive thinking and how to find your most confident and true self!
You're already a triple threat! What inspired you to write a book?
"I'd been wanting to eventually write a book, it was sort of like the seguinte thing on my bucket list and the universe opened it arms and was like, here's your chance! There are some really cool books out there and I just feel like there's not a lot of motivational ones that are relatable for teens. I wish when I was younger I had a book like this."
How involved were you in the creative process and selecting the cover image?
"100% involved. It's been a really long process, two years of jotting down every thought, every memory, every experience that could possibly be tied to the road to my success of happiness and finding my true self. It's therapeutic because you have to go back to those memories and realize where you came from and how hard it was sometimes and how some other things were easier. It's definitely been a journey for me as well, creatively, but it's been really fun because it's an entirely new world to me!"
You write about adoption and your childhood. Did your parents always support your decision to be an actress?
"I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that atuação was my career, it sort of chose me mais than I chose it. I speak about family and adoption because it 100% changed my life and who I am. It definitely played a very large role into just learning how to be grateful for what you have and being fulfilled in a way that a lot of adopted kids don't feel. They feel like they have a need to go find this missing thing and I just never felt I had that missing blood. I always had a strong support system. My parents always supported the stuff that I did."
What obstacles have you had to overcome in your personal life?
"It was tough for a while being Asian American in this industry where people are so specific on what they want you to be, because sometimes I would go to an agency and try and get signed and they would say, 'We either have someone exactly like you or there's not that much out there for you.' Even obstacles in school, we all wanted the same thing. I was glad to be at auditions with these kids that have done 100 other commercials, and you just hope for the best, and have to deal with it, and not take it personally."
Did your character on Glee, Tina Cohen-Chang, inspire you to write this book?
"Yeah, absolutely! I talk about Tina because she's obviously going through a lot of things that kids who will be leitura this book are going through or what I was going through at that age, which is finding yourself and finding where you're most comfortable, and where is início for you. Tina started learning that along the way she needed to let go and let loose and stop stuttering. She let people in and let people get to know the real her."
Did any of your glee cast mates contribute to the book?
"Yeah, a ton of them did! I have these really cool pull frases where I asked them all the same pergunta and its their definition and answer. There are frases from Lea Michele, Kevin McHale, Harry Shum Jr., Becca Tobin, Vanessa Lengies, and Darren Criss, you name it."
What conselhos do you have for young actors and writers?
"Don't give up, really. There are going to be so many trials and tribulations for you but it makes it all the mais worth it. I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the dia away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don't do what other people ask, do what you want!"
You're already a triple threat! What inspired you to write a book?
"I'd been wanting to eventually write a book, it was sort of like the seguinte thing on my bucket list and the universe opened it arms and was like, here's your chance! There are some really cool books out there and I just feel like there's not a lot of motivational ones that are relatable for teens. I wish when I was younger I had a book like this."
How involved were you in the creative process and selecting the cover image?
"100% involved. It's been a really long process, two years of jotting down every thought, every memory, every experience that could possibly be tied to the road to my success of happiness and finding my true self. It's therapeutic because you have to go back to those memories and realize where you came from and how hard it was sometimes and how some other things were easier. It's definitely been a journey for me as well, creatively, but it's been really fun because it's an entirely new world to me!"
You write about adoption and your childhood. Did your parents always support your decision to be an actress?
"I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that atuação was my career, it sort of chose me mais than I chose it. I speak about family and adoption because it 100% changed my life and who I am. It definitely played a very large role into just learning how to be grateful for what you have and being fulfilled in a way that a lot of adopted kids don't feel. They feel like they have a need to go find this missing thing and I just never felt I had that missing blood. I always had a strong support system. My parents always supported the stuff that I did."
What obstacles have you had to overcome in your personal life?
"It was tough for a while being Asian American in this industry where people are so specific on what they want you to be, because sometimes I would go to an agency and try and get signed and they would say, 'We either have someone exactly like you or there's not that much out there for you.' Even obstacles in school, we all wanted the same thing. I was glad to be at auditions with these kids that have done 100 other commercials, and you just hope for the best, and have to deal with it, and not take it personally."
Did your character on Glee, Tina Cohen-Chang, inspire you to write this book?
"Yeah, absolutely! I talk about Tina because she's obviously going through a lot of things that kids who will be leitura this book are going through or what I was going through at that age, which is finding yourself and finding where you're most comfortable, and where is início for you. Tina started learning that along the way she needed to let go and let loose and stop stuttering. She let people in and let people get to know the real her."
Did any of your glee cast mates contribute to the book?
"Yeah, a ton of them did! I have these really cool pull frases where I asked them all the same pergunta and its their definition and answer. There are frases from Lea Michele, Kevin McHale, Harry Shum Jr., Becca Tobin, Vanessa Lengies, and Darren Criss, you name it."
What conselhos do you have for young actors and writers?
"Don't give up, really. There are going to be so many trials and tribulations for you but it makes it all the mais worth it. I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the dia away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don't do what other people ask, do what you want!"
Synopsi: Coach Bieste and Mr. Schuester plot to bring the warring glee club and football team together; Sue desperately tries to win cheerleading Nationals; New Directions tackle Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.
Extra Spoiler: “My estrela Cheerios leave me for the glee club,” Jane Lynch says to TV Guide. “I make them choose: You either come with me and do this routine, or stay here and do the half-time routine with the glee club. They choose the glee club, so I don’t have a team and I have to forfeit Nationals. That’s why Katie Couric has to interview me as the year’s biggest loser”.
Extra Spoiler: “My estrela Cheerios leave me for the glee club,” Jane Lynch says to TV Guide. “I make them choose: You either come with me and do this routine, or stay here and do the half-time routine with the glee club. They choose the glee club, so I don’t have a team and I have to forfeit Nationals. That’s why Katie Couric has to interview me as the year’s biggest loser”.
Having my baby
what a lovely way of saying
How much you amor me.
Having my baby
what a lovely way of saying
What you're thinking of me.
I can see it your face is glowing
I can see it in your eyes.
I'm happy knowin' that you're having my baby.
You're the woman I amor and I amor what it's doin' to you.
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you're a woman in amor and I love
What's goin' through you.
The need inside you
I see it showin'
Oh
the seed inside you
baby
do you feel it growin'
Are you happy in knowin' that you're having my baby?
I'm a woman in amor and I love
What it's doin' to me.
Having my baby.
I'm a woman in amor and I love
What's goin' through me.
Didn't have to keep it
wouldn't put you through it.
You could have swept it from your life
But you wouldn't do it
no
you wouldn't do it.
And you're having my baby.
I'm a woman in amor and I love
what a lovely way of saying
How much you amor me.
Having my baby
what a lovely way of saying
What you're thinking of me.
I can see it your face is glowing
I can see it in your eyes.
I'm happy knowin' that you're having my baby.
You're the woman I amor and I amor what it's doin' to you.
Having my baby
you're a woman in amor and I love
What's goin' through you.
The need inside you
I see it showin'
Oh
the seed inside you
baby
do you feel it growin'
Are you happy in knowin' that you're having my baby?
I'm a woman in amor and I love
What it's doin' to me.
Having my baby.
I'm a woman in amor and I love
What's goin' through me.
Didn't have to keep it
wouldn't put you through it.
You could have swept it from your life
But you wouldn't do it
no
you wouldn't do it.
And you're having my baby.
I'm a woman in amor and I love
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They both are wearing the multicolor jacket. Only difference? Hannah Montana's is bedazzled.
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Basically, Mercedes wears the same jaqueta in "Bad Reputation" that Hannah Montana wore in her show, concerto performance of "Let's Do This."
In comments, please write which person you think wore it better.
Mercedes: A regular version of the jaqueta over a black tank topo, início with purple MC Hammer pants?
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Notice the jackets?
They both are wearing the multicolor jacket. Only difference? Hannah Montana's is bedazzled.
See? Who says raposa is SO different from Disney?
Basically, Mercedes wears the same jaqueta in "Bad Reputation" that Hannah Montana wore in her show, concerto performance of "Let's Do This."
In comments, please write which person you think wore it better.
Mercedes: A regular version of the jaqueta over a black tank topo, início with purple MC Hammer pants?
Or Hannah: A bedazzled version of the jaqueta over a diagnol striped purple and white dress with purple leggings?