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" You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless. "
Ken Jeong
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Yourself
Believe In Yourself
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You can't get through medical school if you don't have a strong will and a strong constitution. "
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" I wasn't sued out of medicine, I wasn't arbitrated out of the profession. "
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" If you're a persistent soul artistically, you'll find the truth of your art. "
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" There is something special and different about being a father to twin daughters. "
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" Comedy was always an escape for me; I just happened to be a doctor. "
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