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!"
years grandfather hawaii
In Hawaii, there are 50-year-old grandfathers, because they got married so early.
army childhood brain
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.
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.
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...
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!
art character culture
Playing Japanese characters and being in environments that are Japanese, like a character's apartment or whatever, if you have directors or art directors who just don't know what' s what with Japanese culture, then pretty soon something's just passed through. I've been through many times where I've pointed out the incorrectness of so much of what's been done to a set.
people remember projects
I've been in a lot of cult movies, but I've been very fortunate to have been involved in projects that people remember.
real men people
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.
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.
character way actors
Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.
play people guy
People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?"
actors yeah worst
That's the worst thing for an actor: when you say to someone, "Yeah, I was in that movie," and they say, "You were?"