Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawais a Japanese-American actor, sports physiologist, martial artist and stuntman...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth27 September 1960
CountryJapan
school media years
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!"
art memories negative
Before I started studying martial arts, I had temper problems. I could definitely fly off the handle. Being raised in the south in 1956 definitely gave me some memories to latch onto for negative emotions.
good-day native-american gone
Native Americans say, "It's a good day to die," and samurai live their life to die honorably, so that kind of energy creates a certain mindset of reactiveness with control to a point. And after that, it's gone.
beach venice apollo
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!
thinking media color
In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.
friday monday powerful
Nature is a big part of my weekend. Whenever possible, I take Friday and Monday off and spend four days outdoors. We should remind ourselves that there was something here before us, a force more powerful than us.
believe healing self
I really believe that breath, in and of itself can become the ultimate self-healing tool.
globally life studied
The Hawaiian language needs to be studied globally as a language of life.
originally
I originally started off as a healer before I came to Hollywood.
mistake fall standing
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.
too-much week working-it
When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week.
character writing brain
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.
moving trying movement
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...
smart artist people
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.