Words matter. These are the best Masi Oka Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My house is like a manga library in many ways, and it’s great because I get to call it research.
In ‘Star Wars: Episode II,’ when Jango Fett is chasing Obi Wan Kenobi through an asteroid field, they needed a big asteroid to shatter into a million pieces, and I had to figure out how to do the fracturing, write the code, and show an artist how to use it.
The more things you do outside of your norm, the more ideas you get exposed to, the more people you get exposed to, and I think that’s interesting.
Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun.
One of the reasons I took up acting was to learn to be more human, to get in touch with human emotions.
At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony.
Virtual environments are anonymous, and I’m concerned that people – mainly younger folks who grow up this way – will see social relationships as part of a game.
When you’re making an adaptation, you have to make content for the fans; otherwise, you’ll get something that won’t even be accepted by the mainstream. You want to make something that the fans will approve and the mainstream will enjoy.
I was raised by a single mother, and she felt the Japanese education system, albeit wonderful, keeps you in a certain range. You have to be better than this level but below this level.
Being a geek is a great thing. I think we’re all geeks. Being a geek means you’re passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything.
I love strategy and RPG games.
Even as we get older, we get in these routines – and routines are nice and comfortable – but I think that it’s important to live life to its fullest and try different things. Because you never know what you’re going to learn. You might not like it, you might like it.
I’m not American. I still have my Japanese citizenship.
If you look at Japanese drama, I think there is definitely a treasure trove of it, but I just don’t think that people know about it. It’s got to be pitched and presented better.
Anyone can be a hero. You just have to have faith in yourself.
I just love comedy, and I honestly believe that laughter transcends everything. If everyone laughed together, laughed more, it would unite the world in peace.
Acting can be very solitary, even if you’re in a scene with someone else, because you worry about your own performance and if you look good.
Even people that are evil believe what they’re doing is good. I don’t agree with those people, but it’s about understanding that there are those kinds of points of view.
I’m always going to fight on behalf of my brothers and sisters.
I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist.
