This 'Nora From Queens' star was almost fired from her first job—but a change of attitude helped her land the leading role

BD Wong, Awkwafina, Lori Tan Chinn, and Bowen Yang attend Comedy Central's "Awkwafina is Nora From Queens" Premiere Party at Valentine DTLAon January 15, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.Lori Tan Chinn doesn't believe in accidents, except for the one that brought her to the set of "Awkwafina is Nora From Queens."

But before Chinn took on the part, where she often steals the scene with her own improvised lines, she almost quit acting altogether.Chinn, a self-trained dancer, made her Broadway debut in 1970 in the show "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen." She originally joined as part of the chorus, but soon realized she wasn't able to adapt her own background of modern dance to the style of choreography being used in the show.

"So I started making faces in the back where I thought they couldn't see me," she adds. "And I thought, 'They're going to fire me? Go ahead!'"

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