Mr. Jeong (or more accurately Dr. Jeong),

I would like to introduce a word to you that you may be unfamiliar with...that word is NO.  Are you aware of its existence?  I doubt you know the word or at the very least what it means based on your choices of recent movie projects.

Your story and rise to notoriety is a refreshing one by Hollywood standards.  You attained your medical degree and completed your residency all while performing in theater productions and developing your stand-up comedy routine.  You moved to LA at the urging of then NBC president Brandon Tartikoff and Improv founder Budd Friedman to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.  In the early days you continued juggling both professions as you appeared on MadTV and many sitcoms like The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Two and a Half Men.

But the role that made people notice and remember you was your feature film debut as the substitute gynecologist in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up.  From there, I have to assume the scripts came rolling in for you to pick and choose from.  Roles in high profile comedies Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, and Role Models quickly followed.  You showed up for a couple of episodes of Party Down and were cast as the Spanish teacher, Señor Chang, in NBC's Community.  Hell, you even rocked it out with your cock out for all the world to see in the smash hit The Hangover while playing fey crime boss, Leslie Chow.

In each of these roles you were quirky enough and used sparingly enough to gain face recognition and a small cult following.  Maybe you were lucky.  Maybe you just hit on a string of half-decent movies that suitably showcased your talent.  But take a gander at the recent stinkbombs you've been in: the Razzie-nominated All About Steve, the Vince Vaughn snoozefest Couples Retreat, the animals revolt against Brendan Fraser (and who can blame them?) Furry Vengeance, the absolutely no one saw How to Make Love to a Woman, and the latest Friedberg/Seltzer spoof Vampires Suck.  That is quite the craptastic resume you've put together in the last year and a half.

So what do we have to look forward to from you?  According to IMDb, your immediate career path consists of more talking animals and needless sequels.  First up, you are appearing in The Zookeeper beside Kevin James in his definitive highbrow follow-up to Paul Blart: Mall Cop where the animals at a zoo decide to break their code of silence to help James woo a woman.  Apparently his double-chin and not so subtle humor weren't doing the trick.  You follow that up with Transformers 3 and The Hangover 2.  Was you schedule too busy to accept a role in Marmaduke or another American Pie sequel?

Maybe the money they're throwing at you is too good to pass up.  Maybe these scripts are actually funny and don't translate to the big screen.  Or maybe, just maybe, you are accepting every offer they bring to you.  Do all of us and yourself a favor...learn to say no.  Trust me.  You're inching dangerously close to Rob Schneider territory.  And no one wants that...not even Rob Schneider.

Max Power