Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.

I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I'm so shy.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

When you have a friend you work with for 15 years, you become like brothers.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

In acting you do a lot of research. Audience watch Jet Li because of the fight. They watch other actors because they are funny. If they want funny, they don't want to see Jet Li, they watch the other guy. That's the reality I face, until the one day I can prove I can make film without action that is a fun movie. Then everybody will say Jet Li, hmmm.

Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.