What really gave me a love of acting, I think, was doing shibai, the kabuki. And I liked the over dramatic-ness of kabuki, whereas regular acting, you’re supposed to be more normal. You know, and I like theater acting because theater is live and every single night and day that you perform, the audience is different, so the play is a little different. Other actors may forget their lines, you may forget, you know, you’re having to be on your toes and improvise, and try to keep that story flowing. At first, I used to always worry that I was going to forget my lines; I forget that other people forget their lines, and you’ve got to be able to pick up, you know, and help them, or other people will have to help you. That part isn’t thrilling, but it was all – I liked telling the story, and you could feel the audience, almost. It is like a communication with the audience.

Data: November 8, 2018

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: June Berk

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Takayo Fischer, nascida em novembro de 1932, é uma nissei norte-americana, atriz de teatro, cinema e televisão. Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, quando criança, ela e sua família foram evacuadas da Costa Oeste à força e passaram um tempo no Centro de Assembléias de Fresno, antes de se mudarem para os campos de concentração de Jerome e Rohwer. Fischer mais tarde morou em Chicago, Illinois, onde, jovem adulta, ganhou a coroa de "Miss Nissei Queen". Ela apareceu em dezenas de grandes filmes de Hollywood, incluindo Moneyball (2011), Piratas do Caribe: No Fim do Mundo (2007), À Procura da Felicidade (2006) e Memórias de uma Gueixa (2005). Ela também apareceu na produção teatral O Mundo de Suzie Wong em Nova York em 1958 e em muitas produções com a East West Players em Los Angeles. (Junho de 2018)