Stephen Park

Well, I think they were excited, but it wasn't, you know, I think they were excited by the attention I was getting and people were like, wow, he's very successful. But I think, especially for my dad, it was more, there was no solidity. There was no constancy. So my parents also have been with me through long periods of unemployment, you know, struggling with money.

Well, I think they were excited, but it wasn't, you know, I think they were excited by the attention I was getting and people were like, wow, he's very successful. But I think, especially for my dad, it was more, there was no solidity. There was no constancy. So my parents also have been with me through long periods of unemployment, you know, struggling with money.

Well, I think they were excited, but it wasn't, you know, I think they were excited by the attention I was getting and people were like, wow, he's very successful. But I think, especially for my dad, it was more, there was no solidity. There was no constancy. So my parents also have been with me through long periods of unemployment, you know, struggling with money.

So, you know, over the long arc of my career, they've seen how difficult it's been, but I think they appreciate that.

So, you know, over the long arc of my career, they've seen how difficult it's been, but I think they appreciate that.

So, you know, over the long arc of my career, they've seen how difficult it's been, but I think they appreciate that.

the fact that I've had the success that I've had but I mean to be honest they don't really understand maybe what I do or they don't understand the work so much I don't know like I don't know if they've seen Fargo you know it's like and I meet a lot of actors like that whose parents like have no clue like what they do or it seems so alien to them and that's kind of been my experiences

the fact that I've had the success that I've had but I mean to be honest they don't really understand maybe what I do or they don't understand the work so much I don't know like I don't know if they've seen Fargo you know it's like and I meet a lot of actors like that whose parents like have no clue like what they do or it seems so alien to them and that's kind of been my experiences

the fact that I've had the success that I've had but I mean to be honest they don't really understand maybe what I do or they don't understand the work so much I don't know like I don't know if they've seen Fargo you know it's like and I meet a lot of actors like that whose parents like have no clue like what they do or it seems so alien to them and that's kind of been my experiences

I mean, so they've been supportive, but it's always been like, they have no idea what I do.

I mean, so they've been supportive, but it's always been like, they have no idea what I do.

I mean, so they've been supportive, but it's always been like, they have no idea what I do.

Same. That was a little bit more shocking because it's like a regular audition. It started in a casting office. And by that point I had, I don't know, 15 minutes set. I didn't really, I was still beginning as a comedian, you know, and I wasn't really, um, like, it took me a while to realize that standup comedy was not my thing, but I kind of had enough to do an audition.

Same. That was a little bit more shocking because it's like a regular audition. It started in a casting office. And by that point I had, I don't know, 15 minutes set. I didn't really, I was still beginning as a comedian, you know, and I wasn't really, um, like, it took me a while to realize that standup comedy was not my thing, but I kind of had enough to do an audition.

Same. That was a little bit more shocking because it's like a regular audition. It started in a casting office. And by that point I had, I don't know, 15 minutes set. I didn't really, I was still beginning as a comedian, you know, and I wasn't really, um, like, it took me a while to realize that standup comedy was not my thing, but I kind of had enough to do an audition.

And then when I got called back, um, it was like, Oh, the callback is at the laugh factory. And it was in front of an audience that didn't know that these were auditions happening.

And then when I got called back, um, it was like, Oh, the callback is at the laugh factory. And it was in front of an audience that didn't know that these were auditions happening.

And then when I got called back, um, it was like, Oh, the callback is at the laugh factory. And it was in front of an audience that didn't know that these were auditions happening.

And there was like, I want to say like 15 or 20 of us. I mean, I remember Margaret Cho was one of us. One of them or one of the people auditioning.

And there was like, I want to say like 15 or 20 of us. I mean, I remember Margaret Cho was one of us. One of them or one of the people auditioning.