Occupations: Actress and comedian.
Birthday: Dec. 5, 1968.
Birthplace: San Francisco.
Current home: Hollywood.
Marital status: Single.
Car: A 1994 white Mazda Miata.
Working on: “All American Girl,” which airs on ABC-TV this fall, and I have an HBO special airing this summer.
The last good movie I saw: “Woman Under the Influence.
Favorite performer: Steve Martin.
People always think I’m: Someone they went to high school with.
Nobody knows I’m: A neat freak.
I’ve never been able to: Do the splits with my left leg leading.
I’d give anything to meet: Any member of Duran Duran. I was their biggest fan.
A really great evening to me is: A cute perfect guy comes to my house, makes me dinner, and then we watch a stack of John Waters movies.
My fantasy is: I’m in Monte Carlo at the craps table with David Copperfield.
The worst advice my mother ever gave me: “Never cut your own hair. It can put you in the hospital.” It made me really paranoid.
If I could change one thing about myself: I’d have longer fingers. My parents wanted me to be a prodigy at the piano, but my hands were too small.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Gawky and awkward, and they can’t believe what they see now.
My most irrational act: Once in high school, I dyed my hair pink and turned it into dreadlocks, which really didn’t work.
If I’ve learned one thing in life, it’s: Never wash whites and coloreds together.
Major accomplishments: Doing a cartwheel correctly and getting the first Asian-American family on television.
Three words that best describe me: Gregarious, shiny and unapologetic.
