The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it...it's very disturbing.

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 never regret anything.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It's a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don't know who you are and why you are here.

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

The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.