Quotes

An actor's body should be full of emotions, whether it is happiness or sorrow, pain or joy, enraged or elated. You have to express yourself with your whole body. Japanese actors don't normally do this. What I'm doing as an action star is what every actor should be doing. Action is drama. If we cannot make the audience laugh, smile or cry with us, we are not actors. That may be idealistic--but it's true.

I'm not sure whether there will be a fifth movie in the "Terry Tsurugi" series. It *might* be fun to make, say, "The Street Fighter in King Arthur's Court" . . . or, maybe, "The Street Fighter Saves Christmas". [laughs] These days, you just never know what will or won't sell.

I watched Rurouni Kenshin: The Final, in which my son Mackenyu starred. I've never seen a Japanese actor who could move like that! Even I can't keep up with his physicality. Finally an actor who could surpass me has appeared.