Sydney Park

"My parents raised me to be very free with expressing myself"

"I think it’s been incredible to be able to represent two different cultures that are so rich in their history and very different from each other"

"There are so many mixed babies out there who don’t see themselves represented on TV or in the media or in film"

"Being able to have that light and have this platform has made me very choosy and very picky about roles, what I do, what I say, what I put out on social media."

"I think I carry this responsibility of being one of the voices of this generation, but also being a biracial girl and just kind of carrying the torch for everyone and paving the way"

"I am done holding my tongue to make the oppressor feel comfortable. Peace be with you all who are fighting out there for us in this twisted world"

"I really think it starts with having the conversations and having racism and prejudices and discrimination no longer be a necessary evil in order to just get ahead"

"It starts with everybody having a voice and not being quiet anymore, and having those uncomfortable discussions, because that’s the only way we’re going to rewrite the narrative of this global issue"

"I love acting because I think it’s beautiful to be able to step into other people’s shoes"

"as a person living in the world, you have to be able to open your heart and be vulnerable. Acting does that and I would say acting is really telling the truth"

"It is my job that requires me to bare my soul in front of random strangers on set all day, so I have to have this level of focus that kind of takes me outside of myself"

"I most definitely have faced racism and indifference in this industry and in the world period. However, I’m proud of who I am and I would never ever want to be anyone else but myself"

"I love my brown skin and my Asian eyes. It’s what makes me unique"

"I don’t look at my ethnicity as a setback but more of an asset."

"seeing little to no representation of who I am never discouraged me"

"My goal was and still is to make people feel like they belong somewhere"

"Diversity means love of all people. The love of every difference, every skin tone, every personality & culture"

"Don’t let people break your spirit, mama. What you spend five minutes dwelling on won’t even matter in five years."

"I just want to be free and creative until I can’t be anymore!"

"WE ALL GET THE SAME 24 HOURS IN A DAY, JUST GO OUT THERE AND BE GREAT—WHATEVER THAT IS. BE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO, AND STRIVE TO BE BETTER"

"I think stand-up is all controversial anyway and that's kind of the point of stand-up comedians is to be offensive and be weird and have opinions"

"A lot of music from some of our female artists is about relationships and can be a little whiny"

"I think, honestly, growing up was the biggest role I could have taken"

"I think having the creative outlet to express myself at a young age shaped me into the woman I am today"

"Sometimes I feel a little odd because no one in my life shares the same experiences that I do, but I hope that through my artistry I’m able to help people feel less alone in their feelings of weirdness or ‘too-much-ness"

"For us child actors, it can be really difficult to transition to adult material"

"In a lot of ways, I think songwriting can be more cathartic for me than acting because I’m really just sharing what makes me me"

"I just love being a woman and especially a multi-cultural woman where I’m able to hopefully continue to tell a wide range of stories that make others feel seen, recognized, and heard."

"The biggest legacy I want to leave behind is how much I loved and was loved by my tribe"