The Untold Truth Of Brenda Song

Brenda Song's acting ambitions date back to when she was just 3 years old living in Sacramento, Calif., when she learned of an acting school for youngsters during a visit to a local mall. Attending the school became a dream and then an obsession, and she begged and pleaded with her parents to enroll her. 

"We were very, very poor," Song told W magazine. "We had no money. My mom was still in school, my dad was in college to be a schoolteacher." Song recalled, "I got really, really sick and I wouldn't take my Robitussin. My mom was like, OK, fine if you take your Robitussin, we'll take you to this acting school.' I took it, and my grandma was like, 'We have to take her,' but my mom was like, 'No, we don't. She's a child, she's not going to remember this.'" But Song apparently wouldn't drop the subject and so her grandmother "took everything out of her savings, which was $523," and brought her to the school, which Song described as "not legit at all." Fortunately, by enrolling in the school, Song was able to snag an agent and start going on auditions.