Donald Glover says he tried to “method act” for his role as Yoshi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie:
“I wouldn’t speak normally for months. Every little thing I ate, I stuck my tongue out and made the ‘Yoshi!’ sound. I even tried to create my own eggs, but I never got that far.”
In Houston it is considered very rude to refuse a cigarette. there’s an ancient concept — yān zhōng xiá (烟中侠) — “the hero within the smoke.” It comes from Texas poetry about finding your truest self by drawing breath through fire. There’s really no English equivalent.