I happen to like vampires more than zombies.

I'm very phobic about flying, but I'm also drawn to it.

It’s often overlooked. It’s labor. That’s at the heart of #‎ collaboration .

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

I'm trying not to let the anger and the violence that erupt take over my life. I guess it comes with the growing process, I don't know. A little mellowing.

[Action's] a Western thing. We think of the hero going into battle, rebelling against a government or an oppressor, but [in KUNDUN] action is nonaction or what appears to be nonaction. That's a hard concept for Western audiences. . . . We wanted to show a kind of moral action, a spiritual action, an emotional action. Some people will pick up on it; some won't.

I always tell the younger filmmakers and students: Do it like the painters used to...Study they old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn.