Breaking Into Hollywood, Navigating Rejection, and Redefining Asian American Representation with Ada Tseng

In this episode of Big Asian Energy, we sit down with journalist and author Ada Tseng to talk about what it really takes to break into Hollywood. From rejection and resilience to representation and real-world advice, Ada shares hard-won insights from years of covering the entertainment industry and uplifting Asian American voices.

What Ada Shares:

• Breaking into Hollywood (especially for Asian Americans)

• Representation, identity, and mental health in entertainment

• The realities behind the glamour of Hollywood careers

About Ada Tseng
Ada Tseng is the co-author of Breaking Into New Hollywood: A Career Guide to a Changing Industry, a forthcoming book written with Jon Healey. She co-hosts the Asian American pop culture history podcast Saturday School with Brian Hu and is a former editor at the Los Angeles Times.

Connect with Ada
Instagram: @adatseng88
Podcast: Saturday School (Apple, Spotify)
Pre Order Ada's book: Breaking Into New Hollywood