Anna Sawai Says She Hopes to Meet Dustin Hoffman & Her Go-To Small Talk | Emmys Party Ice Breakers - video Dailymotion

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!