Vertigo is probably my favourite Hitchcock film and probably one of my favourite films of all time. It's a film that I'm obsessed with. I saw it on its first release in vista vision, projected in vista-vision, at the Capitol Theatre in New York. That moment when the nun comes up in the end... it's just an extraordinary shot.

My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.

An interviewer once asked me to discuss my collaboration with Elmer Bernstein, and precisely why I chose to work with him. My first thought was: How could I not work with Elmer, when I had the chance? Simply put, he's the best there is-the very best.

Hong Kong cinema is something you can't duplicate anyway.

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.

You've got to love something enough to kill it.

I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.