United Kingdom, June 25 -- Greta Lee felt "so powerful" working as a hostess at an exclusive New York City restaurant.

The 43-year-old star has opened up on a time in her life when she spent around five years on and off at Momofuku from 2007, in between trying to kickstart her acting career.

Appearing on Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast, she said: "I was so powerful. I was a hostess. I was like basically encouraged to be mean.

"The culture was different then. And you would easily tell someone, okay, it's going to be four hours."

The Past Lives and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse star has recalled having to step away from the hostess job for various acting roles.

She admitted: "I mean, I was there on and off for a good five years, ma...