Acting was a way of me finding myself, which I think is the case of a lot of actors, regardless of where they come from.
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I didn't intend to even become an actor. I was studying fashion, and I think acting just happened by chance. It really felt more like I was watching a movie from outside, like it was happening to someone else. It's been a great journey so far.
I've always said that acting found me. I didn't really find it.
From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along.
Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that.
Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is in my genes.
Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really.
When I was a little kid, my parents would show me Marx Brothers' films and westerns and stuff like that. That's where all my desire to be an actor comes from and probably most of my understanding of acting comes from for sure.
Acting was far from my world. I rarely saw a play. I never met a real actress; they seemed unreal.
There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.