Actors are always looking for ways to build a character. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa More Quotes by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa More Quotes From Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa 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. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa smartartistpeople When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa working-itweektoo-much I'm not a method actor, I don't write my character's history or all those kinds of things. I'm more about the 90 percent of the brain that is subconscious. I like to just pick certain pieces, let it soak in, and then let it kind of emerge out. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa brainwritingcharacter 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. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa creativitycountryamerica To suddenly be working with one of the top-10 directors in the world, plus the film was in China, I almost blurted out, "How much do I have to pay?" It was just like a dream come true. That was an amazing experience. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa top-10dreamdirectors 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! Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa veniceapollobeach 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. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa realmenpeople In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa mediacolorthinking 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. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa tiredactingage 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. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa hollywoodmindpeople People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?" Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa guyplaypeople 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. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa guypowerfulmen 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. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa hollywoodactingdepth Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa adultskidsneeds Hollywood is my day job. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa day-jobjobdayhollywood I believe the body can take care of itself. It's all about self-health. It's about depending on our breathing. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa take-carecarebodybelieve You release more toxins from the body through a deep exhale than you do from anything else. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa deepmoreyoubody Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is in my genes. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa genestheatreactingmother My look is 'Poly'n'Asian' - part Polynesian native, part Asian warrior. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa partlookwarriorasian I originally started off as a healer before I came to Hollywood. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa offstartedbeforehollywood
