People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?"

I was excited about working with Richard Gere. Oh, and Joan Allen! Oh, my God, she is such a force of nature, it's mind boggling.

To suddenly be working with one of the top-10 directors in the world, plus the film was in China, I almost blurted out, "How much do I have to pay?" It was just like a dream come true. That was an amazing experience.

I was clear: "I don't want to play businessmen with bifocal glasses and cameras, so if you're going to give me an Asian bad guy to play, then I'm going to give you the baddest Asian bad guy you've ever seen, and you're not going to forget that I was in the film."

I have to humbly say people really like the bad guys.

People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?"

I've been in a lot of cult movies, but I've been very fortunate to have been involved in projects that people remember.