Stephen Park
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Podcast Appearances
I never thought I'd be working with any of these people. So, hmm. I don't know because I've already been blessed with working with so many amazing people. So I don't even, I don't know.
Um, well, let me just say that the show is friends.
Um, well, let me just say that the show is friends.
Um, well, let me just say that the show is friends.
Um, it was, um, at the time for me, I felt it was kind of a toxic environment and this racist, the, the, ad calling um james hong was was the actor who was also on the episode with me and he was calling him to the set and you know essentially saying you know you know where the is the oriental guy get the oriental guy um so when i i called screen actors guild after that i happened and
Um, it was, um, at the time for me, I felt it was kind of a toxic environment and this racist, the, the, ad calling um james hong was was the actor who was also on the episode with me and he was calling him to the set and you know essentially saying you know you know where the is the oriental guy get the oriental guy um so when i i called screen actors guild after that i happened and
Um, it was, um, at the time for me, I felt it was kind of a toxic environment and this racist, the, the, ad calling um james hong was was the actor who was also on the episode with me and he was calling him to the set and you know essentially saying you know you know where the is the oriental guy get the oriental guy um so when i i called screen actors guild after that i happened and
The person I spoke with recommended I write an article to the LA Times. And I thought, oh, okay, that might be a good idea. And I just seen Jerry Maguire. I don't know if you remember that movie, but he writes a mission statement. My wife tells me he's in that movie, by the way. And, uh, for some reason that just kind of like struck me like that's kind of a, yeah.
The person I spoke with recommended I write an article to the LA Times. And I thought, oh, okay, that might be a good idea. And I just seen Jerry Maguire. I don't know if you remember that movie, but he writes a mission statement. My wife tells me he's in that movie, by the way. And, uh, for some reason that just kind of like struck me like that's kind of a, yeah.
The person I spoke with recommended I write an article to the LA Times. And I thought, oh, okay, that might be a good idea. And I just seen Jerry Maguire. I don't know if you remember that movie, but he writes a mission statement. My wife tells me he's in that movie, by the way. And, uh, for some reason that just kind of like struck me like that's kind of a, yeah.
Why don't I write a mission statement to Hollywood? Because this is bigger than this show. This isn't, this isn't the first time this has happened, you know, but this is the environment where this is business as usual in Hollywood in 1997, I guess it was. And, uh, and nobody felt, um, the need to, uh, correct this or say anything about it. So this is, this is normal behavior.
Why don't I write a mission statement to Hollywood? Because this is bigger than this show. This isn't, this isn't the first time this has happened, you know, but this is the environment where this is business as usual in Hollywood in 1997, I guess it was. And, uh, and nobody felt, um, the need to, uh, correct this or say anything about it. So this is, this is normal behavior.
Why don't I write a mission statement to Hollywood? Because this is bigger than this show. This isn't, this isn't the first time this has happened, you know, but this is the environment where this is business as usual in Hollywood in 1997, I guess it was. And, uh, and nobody felt, um, the need to, uh, correct this or say anything about it. So this is, this is normal behavior.
And so I started writing this mission statement and I sent it to the LA Times. They sent a couple of reporters and they interviewed me and then they never printed it. And so this was like the beginning of the internet. And I had my email list and I sent my mission statement out to who was on my email list. And I said, you know, if this moves you, you know, please forward it along.
And so I started writing this mission statement and I sent it to the LA Times. They sent a couple of reporters and they interviewed me and then they never printed it. And so this was like the beginning of the internet. And I had my email list and I sent my mission statement out to who was on my email list. And I said, you know, if this moves you, you know, please forward it along.
And so I started writing this mission statement and I sent it to the LA Times. They sent a couple of reporters and they interviewed me and then they never printed it. And so this was like the beginning of the internet. And I had my email list and I sent my mission statement out to who was on my email list. And I said, you know, if this moves you, you know, please forward it along.
But I just explained, I was interviewed and they're not going to print this. So if you feel moved to send this along, please do. And then within a week, I was like, I was getting responses from all across the country from publications that were asking permission to reprint it. And so this, it was like this, it went viral, you know, before viral was even a word.
But I just explained, I was interviewed and they're not going to print this. So if you feel moved to send this along, please do. And then within a week, I was like, I was getting responses from all across the country from publications that were asking permission to reprint it. And so this, it was like this, it went viral, you know, before viral was even a word.
But I just explained, I was interviewed and they're not going to print this. So if you feel moved to send this along, please do. And then within a week, I was like, I was getting responses from all across the country from publications that were asking permission to reprint it. And so this, it was like this, it went viral, you know, before viral was even a word.
And I went to San Francisco at some point that year to do a play. And I was like interviewed up there. I was, um, uh, on the cover of the guardian, you know, wrapped American flag. I was interviewed in the examiner and, um, it all kind of culminated. I mean, I also spent about a year being invited to different colleges to speak about this. And, um,