Masi Oka of 'Heroes' Almost Gave Up Acting

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Can you even image "Heroes" without Masi Oka? The actor had bit parts on "Reba," "Reno 911!" and "Scrubs" before he almost threw in the towel.

"I realized there weren't characters being created for my type because Hollywood tends to have a narrow vision with regards to Asian Americans, or Asians in general," says the 32-year-old Tokyo-born actor. He finally decided the solution was to start shopping his own scripts.

"I figured if no one is going to create stuff for me, I need to create stuff,

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Published 4/24/07 by
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  • NO Way! Did you see the the end of the last episode?
    justjenny 372 justjenny 4/24/07   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Issac died for our sins.
    PlutoniumNick 45 PlutoniumNick 4/24/07   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Yea Issac's crucification by paint brushes was a bit graphic for me; but, oh how symbolic it was he was pinned against the nuclear explosion painting.
    jose833 40 jose833 4/24/07   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • And the previews for next week, shocking! I mean Hayden Panettiere with brown hair... I don't want to imagine a future that dark.
    nsfw 75 nsfw 4/24/07   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Somehow the ratings didn't do that well for the opener...either people aren't understanding the show, or everyone decided to turn the tube off Monday night...one thing is for sure this show has all of us on the edges of our seats!!!
    LaFonda 60 LaFonda 4/24/07   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • He was on Scrubs? As what character?
    Abracadavid 426 Abracadavid 4/24/07   Message Add to Friends Reply
     

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