I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light.

My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.

I'm not a master of films. I'm rather a slave.

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.

If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.

You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you have to break some. I don't choose genres as the element, but the material itself is the element, then I'll decide what genre I need. That's just how I work.

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