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" 'Community' was a very important part of my growth as an actor. I see it as my acting school, not having a lot of formal acting training. "

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" I went to Duke, which is... a Top Five school. Not community college. But whatever. "

" I always just loved to laugh. I always just loved it as a kid. "

" Medicine really matured me as a person because, as a physician, you're obviously dealing with life and death issues, issues much more serious than what we're talking about in entertainment. You can't get more serious than life and death. And if you can handle that, you can handle anything. "

" During the day, I was a doctor. At night, you know, I was a comic. And it was really just to let off some steam. It just became my golf, you know, in many ways. Most doctors have golf as a hobby. Mine was doing comedy. "

" I always say 'Knocked Up' opened the doors, and 'Hangover' just burst it wide open. To this day, it's still surreal. And my wife's a doctor. All our friends are doctors - our close friends. And it's just that I have an odd job now. I think I'm like a doctor who had a detour, and I just have an odd job. "

" I think the key to being a good parent is to individualize your love for each child. "

" I think, at the end of the day, you should just be judged by your work, not on what effect it might have on the world or your community. "

" I have my own show. I get to work in Hollywood on my own project. If I can still make it back home by eight to put the kids in bed, then wow: I am having my cake and eating it, too. "

" A lot of people don't know the passion I have for Asian American cinema. "

" It was my wife that insisted I do 'The Hangover.' "

" There's really no substitute for working hard. I think that's my biggest talent. There are always people who are funnier and more talented than I am, but I don't take anything for granted and I commit myself 100% to each of my roles. "

" You just can't take the doctor out of you. "

" The best thing I can recommend is to listen to your child. I really mean that. "

" I grew up in North Carolina, and I grew up on wrestling. "

" I'm not lying, every single project I've done, they've all been great. "

" You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless. "

Believe In Yourself

" There is something special and different about being a father to twin daughters. "

" That's what I loved about 'Community' - we had one of the most diverse casts on TV, but we didn't emphasize culture. And yet, we also didn't run away from it. "

" I'm very blessed that I have such a supportive wife who is secure with letting me embarrass myself. "

" I wasn't sued out of medicine, I wasn't arbitrated out of the profession. "

" If you're a persistent soul artistically, you'll find the truth of your art. "

" When you're working with your friends, it doesn't feel like it's work. "

" I never let on I was a comedian. I never acted out. It was really important to me, like, to not be Patch Adams. I was so super serious as a doctor, I would bark orders to my nurses. I was hard-core. I wanted to make sure I did my job right. I was perfectly trained to be a physician. You know, it wasn't a fluke. I worked hard at it. "

" I do think 'Dr. Ken,' at its heart, is about a great doctor who's a bit burned out. But even when I was a burned-out doctor, I was still happy and had a life outside of work. "

" I think critics tend to think that comedy is freakin' math. Like, this is the Pythagorean Theorem. They're not sophisticated enough to know that comedy is fluid, that it evolves, and these organic evolutions are what you have to embrace. "

" I wake up in the morning crying, and I'll tell you why. It's because I look at myself in the mirror, and then I say, 'It'll get better.' "

" I really realize the more movies I do just how important - it's so cliche when people say it, because everybody says it nowadays - but it's so important to keep it grounded. I totally understand what that means. "

" I think I've been asked just about every question under the sun. I'm just really honored that people are even interested in asking me questions. "

" I'm not really a helicopter dad or tiger dad per se. If anything, I try to not do that, but I get anxious while I'm trying to be relaxed about raising my kids. "

" Artists aren't role models. If you want to do that, go into politics. "