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

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.

It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you stand up. You keep standing up. It's not how many times you fall, it's how many times you stand up.

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

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!

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