The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at the center of the universe - if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answers.

Don't lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure.

The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from.

The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.

I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green.

I've acted professionally since I was 16.

Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold.