I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else. But this is the starting point, and the best way is to not to fit into this uniform but to make this uniform a part of yourself.

I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.

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.

In a way, this is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.

We're all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.

Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.