Japanese Quotes
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I think every culture - you can call it an American Ronin, a medieval knight errant, you could talk about 'Shane.' There is an archetype that I think is actually common to a lot of cultures, and even the Clint Eastwood stuff was probably as influenced by the Japanese stuff, and yet done by an Italian.
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I bought a new Japanese car, I turned on the radio ... I don't understand a word they're saying.
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One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be satisfied, never admit to being happy.' But there's no curse in being happy.
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It's like Shelley. Like Werther. Like a Japanese Ophelia. Like a beautiful Oriental Lady in the Lake.
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I think the French and the Japanese are both obsessed by seasons, small producers, freshness.
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When you're a model, you learn how to make the most of your assets - in my case, the smallish behind that is the legacy of my half-Japanese heritage.
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The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.
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Japanese is a very strange foreign language for European people.
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I love Shogun world. It's so beautiful. The performances are beautiful. It's like classic Japanese cinema, with a little 'Westworld' twist.
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The best way to learn Japanese is to be born as a Japanese baby, in Japan, raised by a Japanese family.
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The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.
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Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?
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Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.
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I'm very into the japanese sensibility. Oversize coats and baggy trousers.
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We don't put our emotions out there in Japan. I'm Japanese, but I love to be honest.
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We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me. I slipped through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a few seconds and clawed the air with both his hands.
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I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan.
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Unlike in the 1980s and 1990s, this time the Japanese are going to be more circumspect and invest in their end markets, which would include Europe and the United States.
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Japanese people, they're not really one to complain.
