“Before 'The Last Samurai,' I couldn't believe I could do that. I didn'...” — Ken Watanabe Quote

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.

English is a very expressive language.

I went to a foreign country as a Japanese actor, not a Hollywood actor. This takes courage.

English is like music. The English language is really fit for singing. The notes match the feelings, and it makes sense.

In 'Letters from Iwo Jima,' there were times when I told Eastwood, 'This is just not believable.'

I love to learn, and I started doing a lot of studying of Spanish-style music and really started getting into it and how it is just a completely different form of guitar playing. It is just like if you started speaking in a different language like Japanese or something. It is something that you have to study and work at a lot.

All the things you put off, like learning to play the piano or leaning a different language? You're like, what's the point? I'm not really gonna do that, am I?

It's just so obscure to take a folk song in a different language and be a pretty well-respected English-speaking rock band and totally take a song and twist it around and have fun with it.

If you're about to get a tat, make sure you're 110% sure it's what you want. If you're getting it in a different language make sure it is exactly what you want it to be because there is no going back.