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There was definitely that question mark of like, I want to perform, but I don't think it's in the cards for me.

And maybe I'm just going to be one of those doctors that could have done something else, but you're doing something, you know, more noble.

This is death, sex, and money.

I wish I knew how to quit you.

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Ken Jung got his big break, playing an Asian mobster named Mr. Chow in The Hangover.

You insult my mother cooking? You insult my mother cooking?

The movie was an unexpected hit in 2009, earning more than $460 million worldwide.

It made Kenjung famous.

He became known for his catchphrases and for his furious, naked pounce out of the trunk of a car.

Audiences were laughing at Mr. Chow, but his anger came from a very real place.

There's like a 10-minute rant that I go on in the desert in Vegas, and I'm just yelling as Mr. Chow.

It was almost an out-of-body experience because it was like a subconscious just rage against the machine, if you will, you know, of cancer, just like what is going on.

And this sucks. While he was filming this role that would launch his career, Ken's wife Tran was being

treated for stage three breast cancer.

Why did it happen to Tran?

You know, why is it happening at this time?

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