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My worst moment: 'Fresh Off the Boat' star Randall Park and the soggy audition

For the past five seasons, Randall Park has played the endearingly optimistic, consistently upbeat husband, father and Florida steakhouse restaurant proprietor Louis Huang on the ABC comedy "Fresh Off the Boat."

One reality of working on a family sitcom: The once-small child actors are little no more. "It's crazy, seeing how fast kids grow," said Park. "And all of us adults just stay the same. It's surreal. And the kids on our show, they're at an age where they're hitting these growth spurts at a very rapid rate. The oldest kid, Hudson Yang, when we started the show he was so tiny I could hold him in my arms - and now he's taller than me."

Park has also had a long-running recurring role on HBO's "Veep" as Danny Chung, and he co-stars in the upcoming Netflix romantic comedy "Always Be My Maybe" with comedian Ali Wong.

Headlining a broadcast network sitcom has been one

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