People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?"

Nature is a big part of my weekend. Whenever possible, I take Friday and Monday off and spend four days outdoors. We should remind ourselves that there was something here before us, a force more powerful than us.

Bruce Lee was the first guy to bring film recognition of Asian men not being wimps, so it made me want to be as powerful as he was.

I was clear: "I don't want to play businessmen with bifocal glasses and cameras, so if you're going to give me an Asian bad guy to play, then I'm going to give you the baddest Asian bad guy you've ever seen, and you're not going to forget that I was in the film."

There's one thing about weights with action movies: Once your muscles get that tight, it's sometimes hard to stop your movement, especially if you're trying to move with some strength, and with the swords in the film.

In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.

The worst thing that can happen is that the effect that they create behind you is bigger than the performance you're putting out.