In every aspect of society, including business and anywhere that creativity can be used, we can be - or we used to be, anyway - the most innovative country, because we weren't restricted by artificial limitations. We are made to be wild, free, and creative, and this clearly was a symbol of that kind of energy in America.

Looking back at my career, if there's one word that most people use to describe me, it's intense.

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

Half my family was from the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the other half was U.S. Army, and I was raised on Army posts during my childhood, so I pretty much began my life with a split-brain sort of thing.

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.

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

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