[COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS]
[Previously unaired footage]
How long has it been since you moved in?
-About three weeks. -Three weeks?
How is it?
Oh, it's already been a month.
-Have you gotten used to it? -I have, I have. I'm enjoying it.
Very much.
[HEAD OF "MY TURN ENTERTAINMENT"] Any cute girls?
Well... Yeah, they're absolutely gorgeous.
[SHOHEI'S MANAGER & AGENT] All of them. The guys and the girls.
Are you getting along with them?
Yeah, we get along really well.
On my way home from the station,
I always have a bounce in my step.
-Way to go! -Sounds like you feel at home.
I'm lonely when nobody's home.
So what did you tell them about your occupation?
-Umm, well... -An aspiring actor?
No, no, I said I'm in acting.
-So you say, "I'm an actor"? -Yeah, I say, "I'm an actor," but...
I told them I also do other things, like interior design and stuff.
-That's just a part-time job! -Yeah, no...
I guess so.
What are your thoughts about acting recently?
Still the same.
What does that mean?
Yeah, well...
I want to pursue it.
I want to be on movie sets. I like being on site.
But, haven't you been doing design and such as well lately?
You're writing books and stuff. You're into design...
You also film and do music.
But what you're saying is that acting is still your main focus. Right?
I want to be working as an actor.
I put the same amount of effort in everything I do, though.
And it's not like they're all completely different things.
That's true, of course.
I'm an actor, but...
I think actors who only see themselves as actors are not very interesting.
But in that case, I think you should become an acclaimed actor first.
It's like even though you work at an eel restaurant,
you're only getting good at cooking Western style food,
when you don't even know how to fillet a fish.
-That's just lame. So... -I know.
So if you decide to do eel, you really need to know how to fillet and grill it.
And sometimes, you make that delicious omelette rice for your co-workers.
That would be great, I think.
But if people don't like the eel you cook, that's not the way to go.
-I agree. -So that's...
It's not like I'm worried,
but that's the attitude I think you should take towards acting.
But I know that for you,
you don't have whole-number goals like one, 50, or 100.
You're more like, "How about 34.79 or 65.23?"
I'm sure that thought is always present in your mind.
But that's really hard to follow sometimes.
-It's kind of hard to understand. -Yes, I get that.
Because nobody's done that before.
So in order to make people root for you,
you should have a reasonable explanation for what you do.
I see.
-Like... It's hard. -It is.
Umm... It's like...
There's a part of you that doesn't want to decide?
Rather than that,
when you have some kind of goal or dream, it's like...
Everybody says they have that.
But that would mean that it's just prep time now.
Like an apprenticeship.
I don't really like apprenticeships or preparation.
I want it to be the real thing.
That's the way I do it now.
I don't want to have to approach people saying, "I'm an apprentice."
When people say, "You know, that guy used to be an apprentice,"
I'm sure the person they're talking about never was.
I don't think they did it with an apprentice's mindset.
But later, it's easier to say they were apprentices. so that's what they say.
If you get what I'm saying...
He's really good at finding ways to explain himself.
But I get what you're saying. You're absolutely right.
But let's go back to the example with the eel restaurant.
You don't want to become an expert at washing dishes, do you?
First, you wash dishes like crazy,
and then you learn how to fillet and grill the fish and make it delicious
and that's what you really want to do, right?
Yeah, I guess so.
I don't feel like I'm washing the dishes now.
-I'm already grilling. -They won't let you!
They won't let you grill yet.
You can't do that! You'd be wasting eel.
Yeah, you're right.
Well, you have two auditions coming up.
And I guess...
We want you to be prepared for that.
And we want you to do your best going forward.
Of course.
[Translated & Timed by mrschap] [Reviewed by goob]