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

In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.

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

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."

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.

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

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