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

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.

Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet.

There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.

Americans are hidden dragons to me.

So I'm a one movie at a time person, I don't develop. Normally we do a movie then one thing leads to another. If something pops up that catches my attention, then I'll decide.

I'm just a pretty regular dad.