“I don’t even like kids. Pediatric surgery has nothing to do with liking kids. I mean, you go into peds because it’s elite. You know, hardcore, the best of the best. Did you know that there are only 38 pediatric surgery fellowship spots in the country? The country. I mean, to compare, cardiothoracic has 120. Pediatric surgery is the elite of the elite. So yeah, I’d consider specializing in pediatric surgery, for sure. But not because of the kids, definitely not because of the kids.”
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↳ Alex Karev (Grey’s Anatomy)
“I don’t even like kids. Pediatric surgery has nothing to do with liking kids. I mean, you go into peds because it’s elite. You know, hardcore, the best of the best. Did you know that there are only 38 pediatric surgery fellowship spots in the country? The country. I mean, to compare, cardiothoracic has 120. Pediatric surgery is the elite of the elite. So yeah, I’d consider specializing in pediatric surgery, for sure. But not because of the kids, definitely not because of the kids.”
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03. Alex Karev (Grey’s Anatomy)
“I tell the truth. It’s what I do. It doesn’t make me a bad doctor. Everyone walks around this place lying. We tell a patient who’s dying that there’s hope when there is no hope. Maybe I’m a pig. Maybe I’m an ass. Maybe I’m a vermin like everybody says. But I tell the truth. It’s the only thing I got going for me, and you don’t get to take that away and call it a lesson. Sir.”
You’re missing a lot. He had a girl go crazy on him. His wife almost died and then she walked out on him. And then he was shot and almost bled to death in an elevator. He’s been through a lot. So the Neanderthal thing is just—it is an act.