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

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.

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

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!

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

I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist.

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