Masi Oka full interview by Tavis Smiley

[EvilHippy38]

Man, what an awesome guy. I had no idea he worked on Star Wars.

[jyozeff]

Although he is allegedly a genius his English is still not very good. I've seen average people who are way more cogent.

[Neojhun]

I hate the idea ABCs are smart. Smart is very objective and highly depends on the perspective. If smart ONLY mean academic scientific yes asian have a very large percentage of success in that area. But for me outside of that i find we are almost idiots when it comes to creative and emotive. I constantly fight to balance the two and gave up on hoping Chinese decendant would learn the importance. (FYI my surname is Wong)

[s3thapl]

Holy, Masi Oka is a AWESOME interviewee.. He's great.

[JasmineEsMi]

such an amazing interview and such an amazing interviewer :) you hardly hear such well thought of questions

[D3m190d]

He keeps talking about 'right place, right time'. But what did you expectt? He controls spacetime!

[violanita92]

love u masi oka

[SicklySweet1992]

Masi Oka <3 Love Him Lol <3 He's Just A Ball Of Freakin Sunshine Lol!

[Wittmann73]

waffles!

[diomar0911]

writa prod ....producudu ...producudial role

[Prince3140]

Masi Oka is the best movid actor to date. I love his acting skills. It makes me winder if he'll direct the new Godzilla movie in 2012.

[dramageekmw]

he's so funny and smart :)

[AmberlaMaderia]

Oh Jeez I miss Heroes :'(... It feels funny to see this interview :D Thanks :)

[raiseer]

wow, really neat interviewer. not that "hollywood-style-always-laughi­ng-jay-leno"-type, but more serious and everything. thumbs up!

[lucirz]

@raiseer that's because this show is on PBS :D

[AnimationDisneyFan]

He's not only cute, but he speaks great!

[NightSprinter]

@AnimationDisneyFan Yeah, Masi is incredibly well-spoken.  In fact, he was the spokesman for the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) campaign that as going on in the third-world countries.

[TakeOverTheFatties]

it's intresting becuase.......... ........ srry i forgot the question lol

[GaarapunKx3]

what????????????

5'6.5" means like... 168.5 cm right????

OMG! He is taller than me!

I'm like 5'2.5"! I like him even more now that I know he is taller than me♥!

he's so cute♥♥♥♥!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr29584]

he's so cute:) i like his hair

[amy2779]

heh heh he was so cute making those exposion sounds

2:25-2:30

[essjkid05]

hory crap!

[dinnohim]

my name is hiro nakamura and i am from the future lol

[MUSTSEEVID]

that was a great interview.. you see stop the stereotypes people... i love tavis's line of questioning.

[SandraAmela95]

YATTA!!!!!!!!

[Trying2BeMyself]

I wuv him. I would purposely not grow so that I could be with him (he is 5'6.5")

[dakacpakac]

YATTA!!!!!!!!

[albertpnc]

wow i just barely met my biological father poor masi he hasnt even met his

[iheartnerdyasians]

i love him♥

[samKnight007]

wow. masi oka's really smart.. that's just so cool. YATTA!

[Liemann]

@samKnight007 180+ IQ I've heard. Not sure how much truth there is in that. Also. The smarter a person is, the harder it is to give it an accurate measurement because the problems needed in a test needs to be so much more difficult. And who's gonna come up with them? Even smarter people?

[AmberlaMaderia]

@Liemann Oh my God people must be kidding... 180 in IQ :D

[SonicGeneration]

kjjjjjjjjjjj jj jpon

[KingFluffs]

Masi is awsome !!

[BggProductions]

Masi is so cool! I didn't know he worked for ILM. Great interview, thanks for posting.

[dmnxCGi]

yeah man, and my ex-lecturer-he knows a lot of big people in the cg industry including ILM,he told me that they say that this guy masi oka is an incredible programmer, he has reached the highest level of programming in cg industry with ILM

[MeenaOh29]

Kaboom lol XD

[rareu4532]

i saw Season 2 right now! is there season 3 out there?

[0spramp8]

yes there's also the beginning of season 4

[halvor311]

Actually there is a Volume 4, it's still part of Season 3. Season 4 is Volume 5.

[Reak55]

yup

[mimisonho]

O Brasill... te ama...=D..

[boamuro]

Ohhhh the host laughed his ass off when Masi said "bad driver" but that's something he wanted to say but couldn't. MESSED UP!!!!

Who's Tavis Smiley? I never heard of him, but he seems to interview lots of big stars. He must new?

He's sooo black!! He was talking soo fast and murmuring sometimes... but that's funny. lmao.

[qwafew]

look at his shoes OMG!!!!

[aschxx]

those look like mine :D

[hyrule69]

The host was being so mean to him.

He was like "you fit the whole stereotypical profile you're; smart, you have a high IQ, you are a bad driver etc..."

It may sound nice, (besides the bad driver). But, thats mean!

[stirfryboy]

masi added the "bad driver in himself"

[Mathadar]

"Burdened by the intellect" Oh yeah I know how that is... mines around 150-160ish, depending on what IQ test is taken. Thats why I try to act dumb, that and also it gives me more slack time to play video games.

[raraito]

FLYING MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kneelb4zod6]

no FRYING MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fretele]

oh and "...from my book that i wrote..". Is the interview about the host? wtf

[fretele]

The host sucks. Boring questions, kinda annoying laugh and looks to the camera.

[wolsod]

at last he is so cute.hahaha

[ShoUrite28]

I like it when Daphni kept calling him pikachu.

[clovera]

Very interesting interview. Not the same ol' typical chitchat, but much more meaningful. But of course, this is PBS, so I'm not really surprised. xD

Tavis Smiley is a great host, I must say.

[stillasp]

Yep I love PBS, but I've never seen this host.

[gdf40]

it's impossible to hate this guy. I don't know why, it just is.

He has this presence that you just can't hate.

I friggin' love this guy.

[Frackal]

Why would you try to hate him in the first place?

[XKermitDaFrog]

People who are racist against asians.

[shylildude]

it's funny how the host talks

[ckstarlet]

americans... can you please tell me if Masi Oka has accent??

[Christy75x]

Not really. He grew up in Los Angeles.

[pyt82]

he pronunce some vowels slightly japanese. Especially when he does pauses, like at 7:09 "but.. ahh" The A is japanese.

But he's facile in American like any US guy.

[pyt82]

I forgot, he usually speaks in japanese with her mother.

[goupanddown]

@pyt82 hmm I wouldn't say it's an accent though. I mean his Japanese isn't that great. 

[pyt82]

@goupanddown Is Japanese could lack practice and vocabulary but if that's not an accent... then what it is?

[hlhproduction]

HEROES FRICKIN OWNS MY LIFE!!!!!

[nateco100]

Masi is the Best!

[ButterAndBread]

Masi oka is so cute!!

[usamuun]

AWW!!

[fuckinnow]

yattaa!!!!!

[fashionfreak1823]

omgg hes SOOO C UTE!!! i love his sound effects!!! omgg adorable. HIROS THE BEST!! the name says it all!

[Zurioux]

Masi prefers a MAC > PC. Win.

[HermioneHP5972]

Aw, he's so sweet! I wanna give him a big hug. <3

Is it bad that I'm only 17 and have a huge crush on him? <3

[JackieChanfan90]

No No its not bad at all I have cruches like that all the tim, I think also that he's so so sweet and cute the age doesnt matter :D:D:D his my favorite in Heroes and for me I have hard to resist Asian guys,I love Masi he's so sweet as u said it :D

[mercaque]

OMGosh - thank you so much for posting this. I love Tavis Smiley, his interviews are always a cut above average. He asks questions that are thought provoking, but always the right side of classy. Hearing him with someone as smart and eloquent as Masi Oka is a real treat.

[KimikoKatana]

I love Masi! He is so cute)))))))

[juniorsenior90]

yatta!!!!!

[queensstreet]

As a japanese, I am proud of him.

[xvt4]

HE IS AWESOME!!

[kira478]

masi san wa kawaii desu. ^_^

[andreajaramillo84]

I love this guy

[chikagexiah]

he's such a cutie

i love him so much

[Xgen001]

this was an awesome interview.

[lovinit89]

what a great interview. the interviewer is really great- actually allowing the interviewee to speak, unlike ellen, leno etc . also, not focusing the questioning on hero's, allowing Masi to talk about him as a person it is great. really impressed. also, Masi Oka is just the cutest little funny bubble of joy in the world. x x x

[PhanPhoreverever]

@lovinit89

Yeah, the interviewer gave just the right amount of info about his own personal experiences to click with mr. oka. Which allowed Masi to give more than he would to a more superficial interviewer. :)

[thebanrigh18]

great interview

[crazylegzjuli]

he is the cutest cutest pie and my personal HERO from day 1 ...or episode 1~

[SmileyMcCrazy]

this interviewer can ask any asian. i have nothing against masi oka (in fact quite the oppsite) but why masi oka of all the asian's he could ask?

[mercaque]

Actually Tavis Smiley often has very diverse interview subjects. Masi Oka is not the only Asian person who's ever been on his show.

[SmileyMcCrazy]

if his interview subjects are so diverse, how come he's never had an asian on?? that makes no sense. asia is so huge and americans are slowly going to have to stop ignoring them or seeing them as chinese people who are good at math...

[mercaque]

Tavis HAS interviewed other Asian people. Such as Andrew Cherng, John Cho (twice), Amy Liu, Karen Narasaki, Amerie (half-Korean), Lan Samantha Chang, Eric Liu, and Christine Chen. And more.

These interviews can all be found on his PBS website if you don't believe me.

When you say he has never had an Asian on, you are flat-out WRONG. Stop bashing a guy for something that just isn't true.

[SmileyMcCrazy]

fine. sorry *i know when i'm beaten* truce?

[mercaque]

Ah, no problem :) I liked the excuse to go through Tavis' archives anyway :)

[SmileyMcCrazy]

lol... sorry i've had bad experiences with stupid people... who happen to be american... no offence.

[sheeella]

MAsi oka is soooo cute... *Sighs*

[ewfq]

MASI OKAAAAA!!! Fave Hero on Heroes!!!! Cute, Funny, cool xD KAWAAAIII KAWAAIII KAAAWAAAIII

[galleryomn]

original Japanese 'YATTA'existed in 2001!!!

search the word'はっぱ隊'!!!

[Kisupanda56]

last episode is the bomb says masi. (heeeh)

[krusader85]

he's adorable

[YoGinny]

Ahhhh j'adore, Masi rulz so much!! Gracias Dios por rompe-esterotipos, there's one GREAT 180 IQ!

[kikkuri15]

ah.. actually.. it was 189.. but it's waaaay cooler, isn't it???

love him. Yatta..!

[SamarkandChan]

He's so kawaii! *

*Cute

[HING271186]

he 's awesome !his personality is great,i love him much

[AnaLia12]

"flying man!"

[MrBrennana]

i love this guy, i just wanna give him a hug!!!

the best line in Heroes: YATAN!!!!

[UdinPumpCrew]

it's YATTA

[AisuDoragon]

He's so sweet. :)

[buzwazfuz]

a legend

[raijinzz]

Masi is da BOMB!

[mandrake3k]

Masi is so disarming.

[BereSama]

This interview is really interesting...it has a lot of substance

[simonBlake]

Ahhhhhhhhh he is just the best guy ever, and heroes is great to! AMAZIN!

[tunauniverse]

Love him

[HeyLookABird814]

It's nice to hear more about his personal life. He's such a sweetheart.

[kootergreen]

solid interview

[kulapica]

know more about him,

he's just amazing and humorous!

thanks for the video

[NN47]

Good interview. Thanks for uploading.

[Zelshamada]

Yeah. I love Masi as well. He's pretty humility, isn't he?

[Siobhandoodles]

i'd like to see him direct or produce something, i bet it'd be amazing.

[kirbyalex2002]

Heh heh.

The end is going to be "the bomb".

[chansherly212]

wow,..pretty serious interview... lots of substance. i don't think i've heard masi talk about personal stuff before

[edwingarciarios]

the best interview made to oka kun, finally, no generic questions, no "show me the face" petitions...the interview showed us who Masayori is as a person...brilliant.

[blackwidow1417]

Thank you!

[pauralamb]

i really really really enjoyed that interview! it's probably one of the better ones out there. Masi is still as hilarious as ever but there's a lot more substance in the subject matter they talk about and like someone else said, it's a lot more personal...wow...

[Snape7katet]

He's unique hero.Masi.....I love him...so cute

[narusakufan92]

i love masi oka!

[gatebee]

Masi ... Masi .... Masi

[doppleganger4827]

Nice video. Liked hearing his personal side too. What if we find out that George Takai is really his father??!!

[elpadrinomagico]

i was at the right place and time, then found this video lol thanks for the upload :)

[rockwithpiano]

wow...good video, with more personal side of Masi Oka. I really love Masayori "Masi" Oka, and he's my HERO.