Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Quotes - Page 2

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• There were times when I purposely didn't go to school because of Pearl Harbor Day, because certainly there was enough media about it every year to remind everybody. So when I heard they were going to make the movie, I thought, "Oh, no, please not another Pearl Harbor mention!"

  Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

  School, Media, Years

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• 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.

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  Tired, Age, Acting

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• 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

  Play, People, Guy

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• 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.

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  Dream, Top 10, Directors

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• There's one thing about weights with action movies: Once your muscles get that tight, it's sometimes hard to stop your movement, especially if you're trying to move with some strength, and with the swords in the film.

  Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

  Moving, Trying, Movement

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• 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.

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  Real, Men, People

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• 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.

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  Army, Childhood, Brain

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• 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.

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  Acting, Depth, Hollywood

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• Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

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  Character, Actors, Way

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• 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

  Thinking, Media, Color

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