I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem.

I personally kind of yearn to play characters who are complex and who strike a truthful chord in me and who are challenged in some way and, I guess, who kind of move through those challenges.

I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized.

I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey.

The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.

We're all really happy with what's familiar. But what's inevitable in life is change. That's what life is.

I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.