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

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

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

Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on.

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

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.