To suddenly be working with one of the top-10 directors in the world, plus the film was in China, I almost blurted out, "How much do I have to pay?" It was just like a dream come true. That was an amazing experience.
Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaI don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist.
Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaBruce 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.
Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaIn Hawaii, there are 50-year-old grandfathers, because they got married so early.
Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaPlaying Japanese characters and being in environments that are Japanese, like a character's apartment or whatever, if you have directors or art directors who just don't know what' s what with Japanese culture, then pretty soon something's just passed through. I've been through many times where I've pointed out the incorrectness of so much of what's been done to a set.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa