Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Quotes
That's the worst thing for an actor: when you say to someone, "Yeah, I was in that movie," and they say, "You were?"
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.
I really believe that breath, in and of itself can become the ultimate self-healing tool.
There are a lot of wannabe men in Hollywood. But when you have that Hollywood mentality, there aren't a lot of real, grounded people.
In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.
The worst thing that can happen is that the effect that they create behind you is bigger than the performance you're putting out.
I was excited about working with Richard Gere. Oh, and Joan Allen! Oh, my God, she is such a force of nature, it's mind boggling.
American comedies about Asians have never been funny to me. That always kind of pissed me off.
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.
When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week.
People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?"
My major intention for coming to Hollywood - besides the fact that I was just enamored with acting from a very young age - was that I was tired of seeing wimpy Asian actors.
In Hawaii, there are 50-year-old grandfathers, because they got married so early.
Looking back at my career, if there's one word that most people use to describe me, it's intense.
Americans really don't understand the Japanese nature, but it's not an easy thing to understand.
I've been in a lot of cult movies, but I've been very fortunate to have been involved in projects that people remember.
Bruce Lee was the first guy to bring film recognition of Asian men not being wimps, so it made me want to be as powerful as he was.
The power of Hollywood, as we know, is that it can create these images in people's minds, and they live with those images for their whole life.
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.
You can't just replace someone with a regular-looking guy who didn't say any of the lines.
Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously.
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!