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" We're all conditioned to work hard, and it's not just an Asian thing: it's an Asian American thing. You maximize the little opportunity you have, and I've made a career. "

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" 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.' "

Ken Jeong

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" I've been fortunate to work with some amazing Asian filmmakers in independent film. "

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

" '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. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I have a very simple approach in career: You work with the people you love. "

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

Ken Jeong

Myself

Blessed

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

" Comedy was always an escape for me; I just happened to be a doctor. "

Ken Jeong

Always

Just

" Sitcom food is by far the tastiest of all showbiz food. "

" When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during the day, and then at night I would actually go to The Improv and do standup, all the while kind of cultivating my comedy resume. "

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

" 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 think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh. If I can make them laugh and we have the same sensibility, then I'm on the right page. "

" 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. "

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

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Friends

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" I'm definitely a people pleaser. I like people to be happy around me and be comfortable. I go out of my way, sometimes to a fault, to make sure everyone is okay. "

Ken Jeong

Be Happy

People

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

" 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. "

" 'The King of Masked Singer,' as they call it in Korea, it's the most popular show in Korea, and it's my mom's favorite show. "

" I was a very efficient doctor. I would get rewarded with a lot more patients. By the end of my medical career, I had maybe 2,000 patients in my practice. "

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

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