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All Quotes by author - Masi Oka

" Acting can be very solitary, even if you're in a scene with someone else, because you worry about your own performance and if you look good. "

" Anonymity breeds irresponsibility. "

Irresponsibility

" Anyone can be a hero. You just have to have faith in yourself. "

" At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements. "

" At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony. "

" Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything. "

" Coming from a programming background, I have a good sense of what's feasible and what's not feasible in a game. "

" Even as we get older, we get in these routines - and routines are nice and comfortable - but I think that it's important to live life to its fullest and try different things. Because you never know what you're going to learn. You might not like it, you might like it. "

" Even people that are evil believe what they're doing is good. I don't agree with those people, but it's about understanding that there are those kinds of points of view. "

" I am a geek. I am an otaku. "

" I am very happy to help share the great treasure trove of Japanese content with the western world. "

" If you look at Japanese drama, I think there is definitely a treasure trove of it, but I just don't think that people know about it. It's got to be pitched and presented better. "

" I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just a blank slate.' And I had an opportunity to go to different schools, but I chose Brown because it was unique and allowed you to be yourself as an individual and like I said, it's a blank slate. "

" I grew up on anime and manga. That's part of who I am. "

" I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don't think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it's more about problem solving. "

" I just love comedy, and I honestly believe that laughter transcends everything. If everyone laughed together, laughed more, it would unite the world in peace. "

" I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist. "

" I love strategy and RPG games. "

" I'm always going to fight on behalf of my brothers and sisters. "

" I'm a real dumb-dumb in real life. I'm just book smart. But definitely not street smart. The other day I lost my jacket in a cab. And I'll forget things every time I leave the house. "

" I'm not American. I still have my Japanese citizenship. "

" In 'Star Wars: Episode II,' when Jango Fett is chasing Obi Wan Kenobi through an asteroid field, they needed a big asteroid to shatter into a million pieces, and I had to figure out how to do the fracturing, write the code, and show an artist how to use it. "

" I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college. "

" I still have a Japanese passport. I haven't become an American citizen, and I am worried about getting deported every day. "

" I think it enriches you as a scientist to be able to see things in an artistic perspective and as an artist to see things in a scientific perspective. "

" I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college. "

" I was born in Japan and moved to L.A. when I was six, and I grew up with Japanese culture. I was reading manga, and I read 'Death Note' in real time in Japanese. "

" I wasn't the best UI programmer, but I know to use the interface and that stuff. It's definitely given me a leg up in terms of being able to talk to the people in the games industry. "

" I was raised by a single mother, and she felt the Japanese education system, albeit wonderful, keeps you in a certain range. You have to be better than this level but below this level. "

" I would say that there's definitely some advantages with me being able to talk shop with some of the effects people. Because I come from a post-production world, I can speak shorthand with them. I don't think many other actors can say that and know how the process 100% works. "

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