My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

Even the favorite reviews, the audience response is the movie is too slow, deliberately slow. But for the Chinese audience, the biggest complaint is it happens too quick. I think the historical background that build into our genes is different. American people has never been occupied. The deep sadness and sentimentality, the cultural background that relates to melodrama that we relate to and grow up with, the propaganda, I didn't imagine the difference is so big. It's a very interesting cultural phenomenon.

Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.

I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.

For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.

Every movie is unknown.