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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Biography

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (田川洋行, Tagawa Hiroyuki, born September 27, 1950) is an American actor, sports physiologist, martial artist, and stuntman of Japanese descent.

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In Hawaii, there are 50-year-old grandfathers, because they got married so early.

Grandfather, Grandfathers, Hawaii, Married, Years

The power of Hollywood, as we know, is that it can create these images in people's minds, and they live with those images for their whole life.

Hollywood, Life, Mind, Minds, People, Power

I was clear: "I don't want to play businessmen with bifocal glasses and cameras, so if you're going to give me an Asian bad guy to play, then I'm going to give you the baddest Asian bad guy you've ever seen, and you're not going to forget that I was in the film. "

Businessmen, Cameras, Giving, Glasses, Play

People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?"

Come, Guy, People, Play, Roles

There's one thing about weights with action movies: Once your muscles get that tight, it's sometimes hard to stop your movement, especially if you're trying to move with some strength, and with the swords in the film.

Movement, Moving, Stop, Swords, Trying

My major intention for coming to Hollywood - besides the fact that I was just enamored with acting from a very young age - was that I was tired of seeing wimpy Asian actors.

Acting, Age, Besides, Coming, Tired

Playing Japanese characters and being in environments that are Japanese, like a character's apartment or whatever, if you have directors or art directors who just don't know what' s what with Japanese culture, then pretty soon something's just passed through. I've been through many times where I've pointed out the incorrectness of so much of what's been done to a set.

Art, Character, Directors, Playing, Set, Times

Americans really don't understand the Japanese nature, but it's not an easy thing to understand.

Americans, Easy, Easy Things, Japanese, Thing

It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you stand up. You keep standing up. It's not how many times you fall, it's how many times you stand up.

Fall, Make, Mistake, Stand, Standing

Nature is a big part of my weekend. Whenever possible, I take Friday and Monday off and spend four days outdoors. We should remind ourselves that there was something here before us, a force more powerful than us.

Friday, Monday, Powerful, Remind, Take, Whenever

I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't like you!

Apollo, Beach, Know, Performer, Venice

Looking back at my career, if there's one word that most people use to describe me, it's intense.

Careers, Looking, People, Use, Word

Bruce Lee was the first guy to bring film recognition of Asian men not being wimps, so it made me want to be as powerful as he was.

Asian, Guy, Men, Powerful, Wimps

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

Actors, Character, Looking, Way, Ways

There are a lot of wannabe men in Hollywood. But when you have that Hollywood mentality, there aren't a lot of real, grounded people.

Grounded, Men, People, Real, Wannabe

The power and depth of Japanese acting certainly inspired me, so I was determined that Hollywood was going to get a taste of that, that Americans were going to get a taste of Japanese action.

Acting, Action, Americans, Depth, Hollywood, Power

The worst thing that can happen is that the effect that they create behind you is bigger than the performance you're putting out.

Behind You, Bigger, Effect, Putting, Worst

I've been in a lot of cult movies, but I've been very fortunate to have been involved in projects that people remember.

Fortunate, People, Projects, Remember

In every aspect of society, including business and anywhere that creativity can be used, we can be - or we used to be, anyway - the most innovative country, because we weren't restricted by artificial limitations. We are made to be wild, free, and creative, and this clearly was a symbol of that kind of energy in America.

America, Business, Country, Creativity, Restricted, Used

I really believe that breath, in and of itself can become the ultimate self-healing tool.

Believe, Breath, Healing, Self, Tool, Ultimate

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