My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen.

No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you.

Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.

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

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

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.