SEIKO(精工)
One place I go often now is south Africa.
And I’m not talking about Johannesburg or cape town.
I stay in a place that is a farm country .
Big open land and big open skies.
The place that I stay is a traditional African hut.
Inside is very comfortable ,but no electricity .
The challenge there is try to learn how life without the creature comforts you’re used to, like a pc, like a TV, cell phone.
It’s really good for me because, especially my lifestyle here can be very spoiled sometimes.
Everybody wants to give you the best things, you always have the best things.
But can you live as a basic human being, can you lice without all the stuff.
I think these kind of things push me or challenge me to expand my horizon.
Because the problem with being in the same place always in the same time is your world becomes smaller.
But what I do is as soon as I finish working on a movie or when I have time to relax or travel .
I’ll go away in travel and try to go to somewhere new or some place
different and try to experience something.I’d never experience in my home.
And that is my reason why I do it.To push my mind and try to challenge myself to see the world in a different way.
On acting
But really what it is.Is to just broaden your horizon and to look at the world in a wider perspective.And I think acting gives me the opportunity to explore that much more.But what I really need to do when I’m not acting is to go out in the world and absorb all that information and then I keep them in my mind , my library for when I can use them again when I’m acting.
I think in my field.In my busine, you come acro barriers and challenges everyday.And to be able to have the peace of mind, to calmly look at the whole situation and learn how to make decisions off that is the most important.
I think nowadays it’s very hard for people to be in the moment.You’re always thinking what I got to do next.
What happened yesterday.But what’s happening in front of you .
Are you enjoying that moment in front of you.That’s the most important thing.And that’s what we try to do in acting.
On life
It’s not neceary about going to a certain place or arriving at a certain
goal in life.
The important thing is about what you learn along the way in that journry.And to always keep your mind open about what you see before you get to the destination.
It’s about the experiences along the way, and it enriches you as a human being.
So whether it’s traveling or whether it’s your life, in general, to always remember to “smell the roses”.
To appreciate what’s happening around you not just focusing on just the end or just have to learn to go with the flow and learn how to be ready for that, for every moment that changes in front you.
The real challenge is to extend my own limits.
