If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such support for me. It is not because I am so beautiful or I am so charming. People feel: This guy is fighting for us.

New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody else. It's a very cold city, I should say.

I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.

All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.

I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.

I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.

Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.