Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot devices or cliches or stereotypes.

To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art form.

As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.

I like making little videos and little records. I've always loved video cameras and four-track cassette recorders, still cameras, anything.

I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.