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" I am very happy to help share the great treasure trove of Japanese content with the western world. "
Masi Oka
I Am
Content
Great
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" 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. "
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" Anyone can be a hero. You just have to have faith in yourself. "
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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. "
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" At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements. "
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" 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. "
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" The key to digital effects is to do things that are visually accurate but done cheaply and approximated. "
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" Anonymity breeds irresponsibility. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" One of the reasons I took up acting was to learn to be more human, to get in touch with human emotions. "
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" I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not American. I still have my Japanese citizenship. "
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" Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun. "
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Challenge
Me
Superhero
" 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. "
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Write
" I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college. "
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College
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School
" I'm always going to fight on behalf of my brothers and sisters. "
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Fight
Always
Brothers
" I love strategy and RPG games. "
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Love
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Strategy
" To have a director's direct feedback is invaluable. "
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Invaluable
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Director
" 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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People
" 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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" 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. "
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Born
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" 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. "
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Peace
" Coming from a programming background, I have a good sense of what's feasible and what's not feasible in a game. "
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" 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. "
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" My house is like a manga library in many ways, and it's great because I get to call it research. "
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Research
" 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. "
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" At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony. "
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" 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. "
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