Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.

Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

For me, I like to have explosive moments, whether it is a particular movement itself in the whole sequence. I like to have shocking moments; for audiences to feel, like, 'Whoa!' It's always been my forte.

I don't make comparisons between any movies. I compare characters. All my actions, performances, all my films, they are driven by the characteristic. If I'm playing a cop, then I give him a particular style - I may not know that style, but as an actor I have to be responsible to do your homework and do your research and training and stuff like that.

It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts.

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