I have dark blonde hair - and it needs help. I went darker, when I was 18, in one of those 'I'm 18, and I can do what I want' moments. It's been that way ever since.

I've been likened to a chameleon through my entire career.

I wasn't very athletic as a kid.

Starting clean is a theme for me - starting fresh and understanding what's important about life.

My favorite Christmas movie is 'Elf,' and I think there's a really cute romance in 'Elf.'

My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or parents since then. And he died some time ago, but never saw any of his relatives. My mother was a refugee in war-torn Korea.

The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom around 4:30 am and command me to get up and work the fields. I would spend the next two hours before school slopping pigs and cropping tobacco.

People think that cartoons are meant to be watched on television and not in cinemas. To get people into cinemas to see animation really boils down to storytelling for the family.