A biography for Ken Jeonghasn’t been written yet.
“I've been fortunate to work with some amazing Asian filmmakers in independent film.”
“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.”
“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 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 have a very simple approach in career: You work with the people you love.”
“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.”
“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.”
“If you're a persistent soul artistically, you'll find the truth of your art.”
“There is something special and different about being a father to twin daughters.”
“'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.”
“You can't get through medical school if you don't have a strong will and a strong constitution.”
“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.”
“It was my wife that insisted I do 'The Hangover.'”
“I went to Duke, which is... a Top Five school. Not community college. But whatever.”
“I wasn't sued out of medicine, I wasn't arbitrated out of the profession.”
“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.”
“Artists aren't role models. If you want to do that, go into politics.”
“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.'”
“You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless.”