I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.
Wong Kar-waiWe'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.
Wong Kar-waiI 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?
Wong Kar-waiPeople are very surprised when they come to Hong Kong after seeing my films, because my version of it is quite different than Hong Kong in reality.
Wong Kar-waiNormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in my way of doing things, I have the actors in my mind already, so I'm trying to borrow something that's unique to them. The characters have a very natural connection to the actors themselves.
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