In Daniel's TIME profile, he became once described as a “successful producer and director and a staunch husband and father” by Misplaced co-creator J.J. Abrams.

“Daniel Dae Kim incorporates multitudes,” the filmmaker wrote. “When Kim combines his talent, talent, and humanity as an advocate for equality, he becomes a force of nature. I’ve seen this firsthand. When we made the Misplaced pilot, Kim insisted his character’s arc defy stereotypes.”

He persevered, “A profession esteem Kim’s is uncommon. Nonetheless even rarer is a willingness to make exhaust of success no longer correct for oneself, but for others—a high quality that makes Daniel Dae Kim a number one grunt in the fight for trade.”

So, what did Daniel deem the excessive reward?

“I definitely personal revered and cherished J.J. for a terribly very long time, so I became once apprehensive when I saw that he had written the introduction,” he suggested E! with a chuckle, “and I became once relieved to secure out that the model I definitely feel about him became once a shrimp of mutual.”

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—Reporting by Emily Curl