I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.
The audience makes the decision of what kind of actor they want to watch. I always have said in the last 20 years, the real boss is the audience.
Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
When you have a friend you work with for 15 years, you become like brothers.
I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.