Why did Henry wait so long to start acting?
WW: He was a theater actor for thirty years. Also, it’s very difficult to get roles as a Chinese. He’s been pretty lucky and played a lot of different roles. HO: I am lucky, but I think I’m going to get less and less because they need fathers, they don’t need grandfathers. Wayne, what made you return to more independent fare? WW: More money. Ha! No, I got caught up, I made Maid in Manhattan, and I was offered [Because of] Winn-Dixie which is a children’s book that I love. And then even before I finished that, I got into Last Holiday, and after Last Holiday really didn’t do that well—which I blame Paramount for because they had a change in administration and then didn’t care about the movie—I had a break and I realized that I haven’t been doing my personal films. So I found this short story and that was that. And because we did this film for such a low budget, and I had really good support from Entertainment Farm who believed in what I was going to do creatively, I was able to make all
