I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football.

I had a dog I raised for many years. He was a Pekingese with big eyes and a flat face, very cute.

From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that's fantastic for me.

When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.

Kung fu and soccer are the two things that I was most interested in as a child.

Hong Kong people, they treat me more like a director, like a producer, like a filmmaker. If they recognize me, they treat me as a producer more than a star. And also, I make one movie in three years. I think they already forget who I am, because I've been away too long!

I think my English is bad.