That's the worst thing for an actor: when you say to someone, "Yeah, I was in that movie," and they say, "You were?"

When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week.

American comedies about Asians have never been funny to me. That always kind of pissed me off.

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

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.

I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't like you!

Americans really don't understand the Japanese nature, but it's not an easy thing to understand.