The life of Kal Penn

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He plays stoners…but doesn’t smoke weed. He’s been in movies…and at the White House.   A kid from New Jersey turned actor and politico, Kal Penn recently came out as gay. This is his story.

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00:00I've worked on a lot of fun movies, but my favorite job was having a boss who gave the order to take out bin laden and

00:08Who's cool with all of us getting gay married?

00:12I

00:25Already had a couple of DMS from people who said I can't believe that you made a milf joke on White House email

00:31In front of the National Security Council, and that's a true story

00:42As it was very scary to have a

00:45Kid tell you that the whole reason you came to America might be out the window because something other than financial stability might make you

00:53Happy as an artist

01:01My grandfather used to have this photo of Gandhi hanging in his house and after they passed away, you know

01:09I said what's happening to that that photo? He said well, why don't you take it?

01:39We're gonna go get baked and then go eat just like we planned now just calm down we got to find the pharmacy dr. Patel

02:07We have an emergency

02:13So I hate answering the question on the street like hey, do you want to smoke a joint with me which happens often

02:30There was a woman where I signed in once and she spoke loudly and slowly

02:34This is the sign in sheet and then in conversation saying something like well, where's your turban?

02:40And I said, you know, I don't wear a turban. I'm not sick. Of course for many of those roles

02:45I said no for a lot of them. I said yes, I'll do it because I need to credit on my resume

02:49I

03:01Don't handle policy

03:03but we help connect advocates like yourselves with the policy makers and I have the

03:06Privilege of working on the Affordable Care Act and the repeal of don't ask don't tell and doubling the Pell Grant and just stuff

03:11That was really

03:19You

03:30When you talk about cutting funding for education and deporting guys like Harold and Kumar I can't really get behind you

03:49Josh and I met in DC. Yeah, he comes over

03:54With an 18 pack of Coors Light and turns on a NASCAR race and I thought it was a joke and it's like oh

03:58This isn't gonna work out

04:04I'm a big space nerd. So I'd really like to I'd love to play an astronaut

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