I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won't make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.

In my mind, martial arts movies are martial arts movies and action is action. It's quite different, because martial arts doesn't just have physical form; you have a philosophy, internal and external. A lot of it involves your life. How you see the world. An action film I think is just about the movement. I think it's different.

Failure is a fuel for excuses.

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.

This film 'Hero' talks about the peace of Chinese people.

In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.