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" 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. "

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" The more things you do outside of your norm, the more ideas you get exposed to, the more people you get exposed to, and I think that's interesting. "

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" Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" My house is like a manga library in many ways, and it's great because I get to call it research. "

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

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

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

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

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Anime

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

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Science

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

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

" One of the reasons I took up acting was to learn to be more human, to get in touch with human emotions. "

" To have a director's direct feedback is invaluable. "

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

" Virtual environments are anonymous, and I'm concerned that people - mainly younger folks who grow up this way - will see social relationships as part of a game. "

" 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. "

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

" I love strategy and RPG games. "

" Anonymity breeds irresponsibility. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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