Yakuza 3 Quotes

#1. There aren't many American directors here trying to direct a Japanese yakuza film. When you combine that with the fact that I don't speak much Japanese and this was an independent film I was financing myself - people were curious about what I was doing.

John Foster

#2. Mattie was in love with Daniel, of course; this was the X within the circle on her map: I love Daniel.

Anne Lamott

#3. When I first got the audition for Shado, I went online and subscribed to DC Comics and read a bunch on Shado and the Yakuza, just to get to know her character better.

Celina Jade

#4. You have to watch your step with women these days, Pops. She could be involved with Yakuza or something. Even some of the girls in my class
you should hear the stuff they talk about. Fifteen years old, and there's nothing they don't know. We're not in the age of Peace and Love anymore.

Ryu Murakami

#5. One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.

Evelyn Waugh

#6. Prior to 'Tokyo Drift,' the iconic perception of Asians in Hollywood films has been either the Kung Fu guy, the Yakuza guy or some technical genius. It used to be such a joke, to be laughed at rather than with.

Sung Kang

#7. I didn't really discover yakuza films until about five or six years ago.

John Foster

#8. Pre-'Tokyo Drift,' I was like: 'Am I gonna play Yakuza #1 and Chinese Waiter #2 for the rest of my life? Is America even ready for an Asian face that speaks English, that doesn't do Kung Fu?'

Sung Kang

#9. I can't bear being seen naked. I'm not exactly a tiny woman. When Sophia Loren is naked, this is a lot of nakedness.

Sophia Loren

#10. The Japanese Mafia. Tell me something, Jason, you ever hear anyone describe our thing as 'The Sicilian Yakuza'? Huh?

Neal Stephenson

#11. Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.

Denise McCluggage

#12. Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.

Elvis Presley