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

There's a certain time in the core of making a movie from pre-production to halfway through post-production I don't read any project, my agent will tell people that "he's not reading." And then when I know how the movie's probably gonna work halfway into post-production, I'll come along.

I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me.

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.

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

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.

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