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“I'm used to taking risks - my career was a risk. Being a stand-up comic is not something that's normally accepted when your mother is Filipino.” quote by Jo Koy — Download Open image

“I'm used to taking risks - my career was a risk. Being a stand-up comic is not something that's normally accepted when your mother is Filipino.”

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I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over…

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It's so crazy: my mom and dad divorced when I was 11, and my fondest memories are in the Philippines and being raised by…

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Just keep following your damn dreams, it just costs a lot of damn money. I'm broke, but I have a dream.

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I get the worst compliments all the time. 'Oh you're Asian? I love orange chicken.'

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