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What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.

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Well, my parents originally wanted me to become a doctor - that's why I was in school; I was pre-med, and I graduated with a degree in psychology and a concentration in neuroscience. Really, the plan was for me to go to med school.

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I'm Korean-American. Not Colombian. My parents are first-generation, and I'm like... in-between, because I moved over here when I was four or five.

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Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help you in acting. For acting, humility isn't the best thing. It'll weaken your work.

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If you work in Chicago in the improv scene, anyone is happy for you if you get a job.

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I'm good at keeping secrets, but if it's not something super serious I usually tell people not to tell me because I'll tell someone else.

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I am a huge Pistons fan. Those were some of my best times in college, watching the Detroit Pistons.

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At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.

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Many people, not just Asians, are more concerned with hustling and getting to meetings with contacts to gain success.

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I believe that we are still hovering around the realm of Asians playing all types of Asians. I do not see that changing any time soon just because there is a limited pool of Asian actors.

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Biography

Nationality: South Korean

Type: Actor

Born: December 21st, 1983

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