As an actor, I was often shielded from the big-picture decisions. But as a producer, I experience all the conversations where there’s pushback or a difference of opinion. Daniel Dae Kim Read Quote
When you look at what’s written under the Statue of Liberty, it’s the immigrant story. It’s about ‘bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’ It’s not about ‘only bring me only your rich, your wealthy, your smart.’ Daniel Dae Kim Read Quote
My dad even likes to give me career advice. I’ll let him know about some offers about films and TV shows that I get, and he’ll ask me questions like, ‘What’s the money like?’ and ‘Who got this for you – was it your agent or manager, and what are they getting out of this?’ Daniel Dae Kim Read Quote
It’s one thing to talk about lack of diversity and lack of representation. But that doesn’t matter if you’re not good at what you’re supposed to be doing. Daniel Dae Kim Read Quote
It’s very difficult to be asking other people for opportunities. It is much more empowering to be creating opportunities, to be the one who is saying, ‘Look, I’m going to take this from the ground up and create a story that is meaningful to me as an Asian American and cast it with Asian Americans and have Asian Americans writing it.’ Daniel Dae Kim Read Quote
There are people whose work I greatly admire who just don’t write to my experience in any way. Daniel Dae Kim Read Quote
I grew up in a steel town, and at the time, when I was a kid, there weren’t any Asian families in the area. So it had its challenges. Daniel Dae Kim Read Quote
