My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.

I'm not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the best that I can do at that point.

I always think to shoot action scenes is not really about the stunts. It's more about an expression and about imagination.

I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show?

My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.

Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform.