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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.

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Daniel Dae Kim

I’ve read some criticism of ‘The Good Doctor’ that says it’s overly sweet and syrupy. I’ll take that criticism, given the world that we live in. I’d much rather be on that side of the equation than the opposite.

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Daniel Dae Kim

I consciously think about the ethnicity of every character that I create and cast. But one thing that is equally important is quality representation. It’s not enough to put an African-American in there, a female in there, a gay character in there: How significant is their contribution? Can they drive the story?

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Daniel Dae Kim

Something I often say is, ‘I stand on the shoulders of the people who came before, and I’m ready to lift up people to stand on my shoulders.’ And one of the ways we can do that is to hire them.

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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.

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Daniel Dae Kim

I’m such a fan of films and books like ‘Lord of the Rings’ and even ‘Star Wars,’ despite the fact that, as an actor, I’ll never be employed by them.

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As someone of Korean descent, I am certain my road was a bit hard. I have to say anyone who’s an aspiring actor has a difficult road regardless of race.

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Daniel Dae Kim

Diversity is more than just a buzzword to me. It’s my life.

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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.’

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Daniel Dae Kim

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.

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Daniel Dae Kim

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?’

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Daniel Dae Kim

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.’

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