For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.

There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune.

An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras.

It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.

In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs with - by himself or with his team, and place the camera where he feels cinematic effect to bring out that choreography.

For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.