Tadanobu Asano
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Tadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Satō, better known by his stage name Tadanobu Asano, is a Japanese actor...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth27 November 1973
CountryJapan
japan other-worlds different
I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film - now that's a whole other world. The sheer grand scale of the way things are done over there makes me envious; it's just so different from the way things are done in Japan.
directors hear insist lines lots speaking speaks
There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing from directors and the audience, but I don't think it's worth getting het up about. I think it makes more sense to use someone who speaks that country's language: that's what voice actors are for.
beginning effort enjoy family finding foreign found future people process time work
Because I feel 'Thor' is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself!
agreed alongside dad decided films since teens work
I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.