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.

You can't just replace someone with a regular-looking guy who didn't say any of the lines.

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

I have to humbly say people really like the bad guys.

Before I started studying martial arts, I had temper problems. I could definitely fly off the handle. Being raised in the south in 1956 definitely gave me some memories to latch onto for negative emotions.

In every aspect of society, including business and anywhere that creativity can be used, we can be - or we used to be, anyway - the most innovative country, because we weren't restricted by artificial limitations. We are made to be wild, free, and creative, and this clearly was a symbol of that kind of energy in America.

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