Please be healthy and please be kind to one another. And please stop hoarding the toilet paper. Seriously. How dirty are you down there? – Daniel Dae Kim On panic buying and hoarding of toilet rolls during global Covid-19 crisis.
Yes, I’m Asian. And yes, I have coronavirus, but I did not get it in China. I got it in America – in New York City. Despite what certain political leaders want to call it, I don’t consider the place where it’s from as important as the people who are sick and dying. – Daniel Dae Kim Lost and Hawaii 5-0 actor calls for stop to “cowardly” and “inexcusable” xenophobic behavior over pandemic.
Well, here’s what I’ll say: The storytellers of ‘Lost’ have taken us on a pretty great journey, and there have been questions along the way, and criticisms along the way, but if you look at the totality of the show, or the experience of it as a whole, I think as long as you look at it from that perspective you’ll be happy. – Daniel Dae Kim
There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking – and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones. – Daniel Dae Kim
It saddens me to know that I jeopardized the welfare of the kind people of Hawaii, a community that I love and call my home. – Daniel Dae Kim
What’s great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence. – Daniel Dae Kim
There’s something about being in a house with an audience, and having that immediate feedback. I started acting because of that energy; it’s what feeds me on stage and informs my choices. – Daniel Dae Kim
But with two boys and a new puppy, we don’t get out much. We’re usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching ‘Modern Family.’ – Daniel Dae Kim
I’m funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me. – Daniel Dae Kim
I have done a lot of things outside of Science Fiction, but there has been an almost disproportionate amount of that genre in my body of work. I don’t know what to make of it. – Daniel Dae Kim
My wife will tell you it’s the little things, like driving my boys to school on my days off so she can rest. We’re not into PDA, but every time we end a phone conversation, we say ‘sarang,’ which means love in Korean. – Daniel Dae Kim
