For me, the most interesting thing is longevity and sustaining a career, because that's what's truly difficult.

Conversely, the most powerful thing an actor can say is "no." If something is presented and it's a stereotypical role or something, you can say no to that, and that's very powerful.

Sometimes you just get giggles leprosy and it can't be helped. I find that there's a direct correlation between fatigue and breaking.

Asian American men, Asian men have been basically eunuchs in American cinema and television.

You know, I always root for the older athlete. I root for the second album. I root for solo careers after the rock star breaks the band apart.

It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much fiscally.

With acting, you are a small part of the creative process, and sometimes it is hard to feel like you are making an impact.

Lost' was a phenomenon, like Elvis.

You don't really see Asian men together very often. It's very rare in life.

The objective is not just to save the crew or just to get the ship up, but the superobjective is to get back home to the family and protect the family.

It's really weird to be in more than one franchise because an actor's life is so nomadic, and so it's a real privilege to get back together with people.

Instead of lullabies, my mother would sing us songs of the Revolution. Now she sings them to her grandchildren. 'Are you nuts?' I ask her. She replies, 'I don't know any other songs.

Spread your happiness to others and let them spread theirs to you.

I’m mad with loneliness and you’ve been haunting me all day

That night it did not rain as much in the sky as it did in his heart.

To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the more you will wish to be talked about.

The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.

I never put myself on another level and that's done well for me. Just spending time with fans and acting normal and talking to them just like I was one of their boys, that's what it's all about.

As an actor, I have to watch people and observe their behaviors - this is how I create characters.

Why do we spend years using up our bodies to nurture our minds with experience and find our minds turning then to our exhausted bodies for solace?