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Zach Braff was working at a restaurant when he booked Scrubs.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \u201cI got Scrubs<\/em> after six auditions,\u201d the actor mentioned throughout a panel dialog with the present\u2019s creator Bill Lawrence on the ATX TV Festival on Sunday, Jun. 1. \u201cI was driving home and I put the Motorola StarTAC on the passenger seat, my phone rang and it was Bill and he said \u2018you got it\u2019 and I was so thrilled and my life was going to change.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cEven if it was just the pilot, my life was changed forever because I was living so frugally,\u201d Braff, 50, continued.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Braff remembers how he known as his mother, dad and the supervisor of the restaurant the place he was working on the time and advised them “I received it!”\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe supervisor mentioned ‘I’m so completely happy for you, however you need to work tonight.’ And I received hammered, and I used to be the worst waiter ever. I give up the job, and my Mom mentioned, \u2018Why did you give up? What if it is simply the pilot?’ ” he recalled. “I had been residing so frugally and mentioned, ‘Do you understand how lengthy I might dwell off of the cash of this pilot?’ Like I had it dialed to dwell off like $12,000 a 12 months, so from the pilot I used to be like, ‘I’m wealthy!’ ”\n<\/p>\n From 2001 to 2010, Braff took on the position of J.D., the central doctor on the beloved medical comedy alongside his costars Donald Faison<\/a>, Sarah Chalke<\/a>, Judy Reyes<\/a> and Christa Miller. For the sequence’ ninth and remaining season, Braff returned for six episodes because the season launched a brand new set of characters. During the present, the actor acquired three Golden Globe<\/a> nominations and an Emmy<\/a> nod.\n<\/p>\n Braff just lately introduced<\/a> he can be placing on his scrubs once more as Dr. Dorian in a much-talked-about reboot.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Never miss a narrative \u2014 join PEOPLE’s free day by day e-newsletter<\/a> to remain up-to-date on the perfect of what PEOPLE has to supply\u200b\u200b, from movie star information to forcing human curiosity tales.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
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