I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't like you!

Americans really don't understand the Japanese nature, but it's not an easy thing to understand.

The power of Hollywood, as we know, is that it can create these images in people's minds, and they live with those images for their whole life.

Native Americans say, "It's a good day to die," and samurai live their life to die honorably, so that kind of energy creates a certain mindset of reactiveness with control to a point. And after that, it's gone.

Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously.

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

American comedies about Asians have never been funny to me. That always kind of pissed me off.