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.

We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love.

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.

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

I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young.

What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French film, there's a certain flavor. And even though the language is different, if the film is successful, it has something very common and understandable.

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