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Brian Tee

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[Wikipedia] Jae-Beom Takata , known professionally as Brian Tee, is a Japanese-born American actor. Born in Okinawa, Tee immigrated with his family to California when he was 2 years old. He attended the University of California and began pursuing his television career. His first appearance on the small screen c

Quotes by Brian Tee

My martial arts came a lot from my uncle, who actually taught martial arts through the military. He was a black belt…

Actually

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I grew up on comic books. 'X-Men' was my favorite team; Wolverine was my guy. At 8 years old, I dressed up…

Aluminum

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I loved these turtles that were somehow mutants and teenagers, and they were ninjas. How cool is that?

Cool

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The ability to stretch my range into all genres and characters is something I take great pleasure in doing. I thoroughly enjoy…

Ability

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I think, as kids, everyone is fascinated with dinosaurs. I definitely was. It is the ultimate big, huge, monster.

Big

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For the most part, the roles Asians can get aren't necessarily well-rounded, and more often than not, they're stereotypes. But that's all…

Friends

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'Fast and Furious' continues to be alive, which means 'Tokyo Drift' is still alive, which means DK is very much alive.

Alive

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When you're Shredder for Halloween as a kid, and now you get to play him, it's like a childhood dream come to…

Childhood

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I've been a huge fan of the 'Jurassic Park' movies. It was one of the reasons why I wanted to be an…

Actor

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Parts for Asians are hard enough to get, and if Tee, which sounds kind of generically Asian, helps me get roles, so…

Asian

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I watched all these movies like 'King Kong' and 'Godzilla' when I was growing up, and the fact that dinosaurs actually lived…

Earth

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I had a lot of funky things as a kid. I had dinosaurs and comic book stuff. I was eccentric; imagination drove…

Book

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I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available.

Action

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I've always been a fan of Korean cinema but never really pursued it, as I wanted to pave my way here in…

Always

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I love being part of these giant, epic movies. I take great pride in being part of them.

Great

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It's the transformation that drives me. I want to do it all and never want to be boxed into something as a…

Boxed

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Namor has shades of grey but always ends up doing the right thing. I've played characters with an edge - played villains…

Doing the right thing

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I grew up playing 'Mortal Kombat' as a kid. I was always a fan of the video game. Saw the movies as…

Always

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I was a big reader.

Big

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When Marvel got the rights to Namor, I thought I'd be the perfect fit.

Got

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Working in Korea with the talent and staff there was very eye-opening. I was in awe of everyone's talent, passion, and love…

Awe

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I'm a fanboy and a geek.

Geek

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