McKinley High has a new bookworm! Jenna Ushkowitz gives Teen Vogue her secrets to living a "Gleeful" and positive lifestyle! Adding one আরো skill to her triple-threat resume, স্বতস্ফূর্ত তারকা 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 সাম্প্রতিক experiences as one of the leading ladies of Glee, Tina Cohen-Chang. Jenna hopes to inspire and motivate teens দ্বারা 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 আপনি to write a book?

"I'd been wanting to eventually write a book, it was sort of like the পরবর্তি thing on my bucket তালিকা and the universe opened it arms and was like, here's your chance! There are some really cool বই 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 আপনি 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 আপনি have to go back to those memories and realize where আপনি 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!"

আপনি 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 অভিনয় was my career, it sort of chose me আরো 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 আপনি 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 আপনি 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 আপনি 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 আপনি অথবা 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 আপনি 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 আপনি 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 পাঠ করা this book are going through অথবা what I was going through at that age, which is finding yourself and finding where you're most comfortable, and where is প্রথমপাতা 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 স্বতস্ফূর্ত cast mates contribute to the book?

"Yeah, a ton of them did! I have these really cool pull উদ্ধৃতি where I asked them all the same প্রশ্ন and its their definition and answer. There are উদ্ধৃতি from Lea Michele, Kevin McHale, Harry Shum Jr., Becca Tobin, Vanessa Lengies, and Darren Criss, আপনি name it."

What উপদেশ do আপনি have for young actors and writers?

"Don't give up, really. There are going to be so many trials and tribulations for আপনি but it makes it all the আরো worth it. I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition অথবা at your house, leave the problems of the দিন away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don't do what other people ask, do what আপনি want!"