When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write...

Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence.

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

I don't care about writing really.

If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going.

Americans are hidden dragons to me.

I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.