A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

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.

If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going.

Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike.

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

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 grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.