It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you stand up. You keep standing up. It's not how many times you fall, it's how many times you stand up.

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

In Hawaii, there are 50-year-old grandfathers, because they got married so early.

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

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.

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

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."