Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.

I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.

I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures.

To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie - culturally and psychologically - but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.

When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.