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Masi Oka [1974-0] Japanese

Rank: 107
Actor

Masayori "Masi" Oka is a Japanese American actor, producer and digital effects artist. He became widely known for his role on NBC's Heroes as Hiro Nakamura and in CBS' Hawaii Five-0 as Doctor Max Bergman.

Computers, Science

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I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.	Computers, Science	101
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.		102
I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college.		103
At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements.		104
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.		105
I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just a blank slate.' And I had an opportunity to go to different schools, but I chose Brown because it was unique and allowed you to be yourself as an individual and like I said, it's a blank slate.		106
I'm a real dumb-dumb in real life. I'm just book smart. But definitely not street smart. The other day I lost my jacket in a cab. And I'll forget things every time I leave the house.		107
I'm not American. I still have my Japanese citizenship.		108
I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don't think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it's more about problem solving.		109
I think it enriches you as a scientist to be able to see things in an artistic perspective and as an artist to see things in a scientific perspective.		110
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.		111
Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun.		112
The key to digital effects is to do things that are visually accurate but done cheaply and approximated.		113
I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist.		114

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