When I Was A Kid At First

I've Published One Book Before, And Now I'm Writing A Book Of Essays And Stories About Life In Tokyo. And I Have One Book Coming Out In May In Germany, About Fitness.

My Background Is A Small Town With No Movie Theater. So... I Always Pictured Myself Onstage. I Went To Acting School And Learned All The Skills. I Left Early Because I Did My First Movie And Discovered That I Really Loved The Minimalistic Work With The Camera.

I'm So Uncomfortable, Especially In Emotional Situations, Having To Say Sentences That Don't Feel Right. As An Actor - Or Really, As Any Kind Of Person Sensitive To It.

I Don't Really Care Where I Work, Actually, Because You Know Making A Movie Is Like Living In Movie World. There's Such A Secluded World, And The Director Is The King Ruling The Country, And Everybody's Building This Little Town To Speak In Symbolism.

I Never Consciously Said, 'i Want To Be An Actor.' It Sounds Stupid, But It's Kind Of Like Being A Painter Or Something. You Don't Say, 'from Today On I'm Going To Be A Painter.' It's Not Something Conscious - You've Just Been Painting Pictures All Your Life.