You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment.
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You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.
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If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.
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Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person.
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Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.
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When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.
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Since we didn't use guns, we wanted to make sure we could earn the ability to win the audience over by making it believable. A lot of what you do when you work out in that mode is use your mental energy.
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It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.
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Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.
