“I don't like playing myself, though. That happens a lot.”
Discussing his cameos, Kojima said he did not like playing himself and that it happened a lot.
“I put all of these things in. Even if I said to the staff, 'Please put them in!', they would just say, 'Huh?' and pretend not to know (laughs).”
“Well, I'm not an actor, so I'm just kind of there for presents. […] I've played the role of an assassin before too.”
“But I grew up watching Hitchcock and little surprises like that are fun, aren't they?”
“Yeah, I scanned myself the last time around. Not this time though. In the last game, I was the one that came out of the tar.”
“I create films and art within the medium of games. This is not a conscious choice, it is simply an inevitable result.”