In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.

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

If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.

The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing.

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country.

Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.