A lot of people will think I changed the book: ‘so you’re the tiger instead, you’re the tiger who ate the cook.’ That’d be totally expository, like in the book, ‘you’re the tiger’ and then it stops there. That seems to have the magic touch. I bring everything together. That’s why he made up the story, the whole thing becomes internalized. That might be the magic, but all I did is not so much interpreted, but try my best to keep everybody still staying in the movie. And I was like, ‘God, it’s so hard to do.’ I make movies for a long time. It doesn't get easier.

3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning.

If you try to act, you're going to look like you're acting. So don't act.

I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.