I was excited about working with Richard Gere. Oh, and Joan Allen! Oh, my God, she is such a force of nature, it's mind boggling.

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

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

Nature is a big part of my weekend. Whenever possible, I take Friday and Monday off and spend four days outdoors. We should remind ourselves that there was something here before us, a force more powerful than us.

I really believe that breath, in and of itself can become the ultimate self-healing tool.

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.

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