6Q: Akie Kotabe – Actor
Six Questions with:
Akie Kotabe – Actor
Gunaxin had the pleasure of hangin’ with actor Akie Kotabe in New York last April during a prescreening party of the film Midgets vs. Mascots at the Tribeca Film Festival. He plays a scene-stealing referee in the film. Akie lives in Los Angeles, and has appeared in CSI: Miami, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and ER, amongst other things. He and his co-star, Terra Jolé, answered Gunaxin’s Six Questions.
Six Questions:
Who is your favorite Athlete? | |
My sports knowledge is pretty low as a mini-ramp skateboarder … but I gotta say Drew Brees was one year above me at my high school (Westlake High) and he did something awesome the other night at the Super Bowl. I didn’t watch, and I don’t know what – but I’m glad a fellow Chap is makin’ waves out here. My other favorite would be Tiger Woods. | |
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Who is your favorite Hottie? | |
Gotta state it for the record – I’m married and gladly haven’t been fantasizing. My wife is an amazing girl and I’m glad she flew out from London to live with me here in West Hollywood. | |
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Who is your favorite Comedian? | |
It’s still gotta be Eddie Murphy … from those Raw days. Perhaps I have a heightened memory of childhood, but that guy was funny as hell in the Beverly Hills Cop movies, and still remains to be a very dedicated comedian. I can’t say I follow his latest and greatest, but I still remember a really funny guy doin’ his Rocky impression from when I was 12 or so. | |
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What is your favorite Movie? | |
I watch a crap-ton of movies. Sometimes, I can watch an entire one drinking a sixer and walk away not even thinking I’d wasted 90-120 mins. And they always change. But some notable recent ones include Avatar, Precious, and Transformers 2. Less fleeting would include Raging Bull, The Departed, and Scent of a Woman. | |
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What is your favorite Gadget? | |
The Nintendo DS. What gadget do I use less hours per day yet makes an airplane ride or time waiting on set seem more tolerable? Get Tony Hawk on that sucker and you’re good for mind-numbing. Not awesome-ness … just mind numbing. I switch between that and Brain Age to keep my brain from getting too dumb. | |
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What is your favorite Beer? | |
Like movies – I consume and consume. In the end, I’ve found I’m more a Spaten/Becks/Stella type guy. But beer is like another water – for me, as long as it’s not too full of sweet crap, and has a nice crisp taste … I love the suds. | |
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