Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

The Hawaiian language needs to be studied globally as a language of life.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

In every aspect of society, including business and anywhere that creativity can be used, we can be - or we used to…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I was clear: "I don't want to play businessmen with bifocal glasses and cameras, so if you're going to give me an…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

You release more toxins from the body through a deep exhale than you do from anything else.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you stand up.…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

To suddenly be working with one of the top-10 directors in the world, plus the film was in China, I almost blurted…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Before I started studying martial arts, I had temper problems. I could definitely fly off the handle. Being raised in the south…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

The one thing that about me, being a healer, I just have a different kind of relationship with people. So I am…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Nature is a big part of my weekend. Whenever possible, I take Friday and Monday off and spend four days outdoors. We…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

You can't just replace someone with a regular-looking guy who didn't say any of the lines.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I believe the body can take care of itself. It's all about self-health. It's about depending on our breathing.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Playing Japanese characters and being in environments that are Japanese, like a character's apartment or whatever, if you have directors or art…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Half my family was from the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the other half was U.S. Army, and I was raised on Army…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

American comedies about Asians have never been funny to me. That always kind of pissed me off.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

My look is 'Poly'n'Asian' - part Polynesian native, part Asian warrior.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

There were times when I purposely didn't go to school because of Pearl Harbor Day, because certainly there was enough media about…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa