Anna Sawai of 'Shōgun' attends THR's Emmy Nominees Night party and shares how she'd love to meet Dustin Hoffman and what she loves most about acting.
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00:00Hi Hollywood Reporter, I'm Anna Sawai and I'm about to answer some questions.
00:04Who are a few celebrities that you'd love to meet?
00:11Oh, I would love to meet Dustin Hoffman. I love his work and I've seen interviews.
00:21He seems like an angel and I would love to meet him.
00:24Worst thing about being an actor?
00:28Okay, it's going to be long. No.
00:31The worst thing I guess is that people think that you lie well, which isn't the case.
00:37I feel like we're so honest with our feelings so we're able to feel for the character,
00:43but that doesn't mean we're good at faking things.
00:46What's the best thing about an actor?
00:48I think it's that we have a lot of sympathy, empathy. We really care, I think.
00:55What is your go-to small talk at parties?
00:58I'm actually only getting used to coming to parties like this,
01:02but I guess the first thing I would ask is, how are you feeling?
01:07Or what do you do maybe?
01:11If it's a party with a lot of creatives, it's nice to know if they're a producer or a writer
01:16and that kind of gets the conversation going.
01:18What is your last meal?
01:21It'll be a Japanese dish.
01:23Either osoba, which is soba noodles, or natto, which is fermented beans on rice.
01:32I love that. And you see Blackthorn eating it in Shogun.
01:35The song that I've been playing a lot this summer is Benson Boone's Beautiful?
01:41Is it Beautiful? Is that the song name?
01:45Da da da da da da da da.
01:47What is it? Is it Beautiful Things? Beautiful Things.
01:50Yes.
01:51Yeah. Love it.
01:53Ah! The first red carpet I walked was F9's premiere.
01:57It was back in 2021.
02:00And I walked alongside Vin, Vin Diesel, Sung Kang.
02:08There were so many more people that I'm not naming right now.
02:10I've had a few drinks, but it was amazing.
02:13Thank you guys so much! Love you!