So there was one point I thought I was gonna lose it, but once I get on something I have to finish it; I just kept persuading them and they turned around. One good thing was the international guys really stood behind this movie, they thought they could support this film. So these guys step up and that's really good, and then they turned around.

Economically, it’s more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.

I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am.

Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

I don't like to deal with studios. I don't like to have conversations with executives. I pitch to the studio, then never talk to them until the test screening.

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