I'm not a method actor, I don't write my character's history or all those kinds of things. I'm more about the 90 percent of the brain that is subconscious. I like to just pick certain pieces, let it soak in, and then let it kind of emerge out.

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

Half my family was from the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the other half was U.S. Army, and I was raised on Army posts during my childhood, so I pretty much began my life with a split-brain sort of thing.

I've been in a lot of cult movies, but I've been very fortunate to have been involved in projects that people remember.

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

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.

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