Words matter. These are the best Ken Watanabe Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
English is like music. The English language is really fit for singing. The notes match the feelings, and it makes sense.
Each director is different. Clint Eastwood and Chris Nolan are completely different, and I need to adjust to the story and character and the director and just my duty as an actor.
I try to differentiate between what I need and don’t need. I talk to my wife and children before buying things.
If I’m in a restaurant, and someone recognizes me and asks for a signature or a photograph after a drink, that’s good for me as an actor.
Looks aren’t important. It’s your life and mind.
If the script is good, the cast and director good, I’ll go anywhere.
Actors are always afraid of ending up like overcooked old soup over time. What’s risky is that you don’t realize this has happened, and you just get thick and boring. Going abroad was like getting a new pot to cook everything again. I was a rookie, a new self. And they were asking me, ‘Who are you?’
Before ‘The Last Samurai,’ I couldn’t believe I could do that. I didn’t think I would be able to explain myself and my feelings in English, in a different language. But I could.
I’m not a big star in Japan. I’m an actor. I have a very normal life. Four days a week, I cook at home. A star doesn’t do that.
I can’t become another person, no matter how much makeup I wear. Something of your own past, your experiences and personality always comes out in the role, and that makes acting very risky. You’re exposed. You always wonder if you can pull it off.
My identity and my background still remain with me when I go to a foreign country. I have kept my nationality.
As a Japanese actor, I really want to work with a lot of actors and actresses in the world and many directors who have many different kinds of talents. I feel like nationally doesn’t matter at all.
