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

Native Americans say, "It's a good day to die," and samurai live their life to die honorably, so that kind of energy creates a certain mindset of reactiveness with control to a point. And after that, it's gone.

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

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

The power and depth of Japanese acting certainly inspired me, so I was determined that Hollywood was going to get a taste of that, that Americans were going to get a taste of Japanese action.

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."

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