Do you have any other cheat foods?
I would say I have a sweet tooth and that would technically be true, but in the Venn diagram of what I like to eat, I just have a tooth. I love eating. I crave everything. I’m a hungering maw at the center of this universe. My favorite food group is pizza. I’ve gone on a deep dive and I’ve figured out a way to vaguely make it healthy, but at the end of the day, it’s a pizza. It’s got cheese and probably some meat on it.
What do you typically eat in a day?
I eat a lot of Chinese food and tend to make a lot of Singaporean food. There’s this omelet that we have which I’ve convinced myself is healthy because it’s radish, chai poh. We put a lot of salted radish in eggs, and that’s my breakfast. Otherwise, right now, I’m trying to cut so I’m hovering around 1,600 calories a day which means a lot of tuna, broccolini, chicken, and spinach. The standard male “I want to look good for a film” diet.
If I’m bulking, all gloves are off. I’ve learned to have a little more moderation with it, but if I want two sausage McMuffins, I’ll have two sausage McMuffins. If I think about a pizza, I must have it. And being back in Australia is so dangerous because there are all these foods that you can’t get in the US, like meat pies and chicken salt on chips.
Your new movie Joyride involves a lot of partying and drinking. Would you say that’s a part of your lifestyle?
You know what? I think partying is a form of cardio. I think it’s a net calorie loss. I don’t drink too much because I’m a lightweight. I’m like a two beer guy. I tend not to drink most of the time unless there’s a big huge thing like an event or I’m with a bunch of friends I haven’t seen in a while. Otherwise, I tend to avoid it. And at that point, if you’re out dancing and having fun with friends, you’re losing calories, baby. And that’s a very Clarence answer, to tie it back to Joy Ride. Clarence is a good Christian boy. He’s gonna party, but like, in the eyes of God.
I saw you playing pickleball with Ronny Chieng on Instagram. What’s the story behind that?
So Ronny, I went to law school with him and have known him for 18 years. I was giving Hannah [Pham, Ronny’s wife] a lot of shit about playing pickleball and then one time she was like, “Hey, we’re in Joshua Tree, why don’t you come up and play? Because we have this place that has two pickleball courts.” And me and Alex [Hodge] are like, “Ok, sure.” We talked a big game, but the moment they put the bats in our hands, it was actually a lot of fun. It’s such a low bar of entry for skill that it really makes you feel like you’re waiting for a call from the Tennis Association because you’re like, “Yeah, I’m an amazing prodigal talent.” Speaking of prodigal talents, we then played with Alex Shibutani. His first time playing, he kicked all our asses. But I guess that’s why he’s an Olympian.
Lori Keong
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