Every project for me is a risk that I bet on. I believe my senses, and hopefully it will be successful. But sometimes you make it, and sometimes you fail.

To make a kung fu film is like a dream come true, because I'm a big fan of kung fu movies and I'm learning kung fu for a long time.

There's no common taste in this world.

If you can keep going and never give up, ultimately you will get something that you really want.

I don't hate being an actor. But if there's a choice, I prefer to direct.

If first of all you have a wrong idea, then it's kind of wasting time. No matter how hard that you try with a wrong idea, it makes it difficult to be successful.

I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football.

I had a dog I raised for many years. He was a Pekingese with big eyes and a flat face, very cute.

A creation needs not only subjectivity, but also objectivity.

I train my muscles, and I do a lot of stretching, and try to kick higher. But for me, practicing kung-fu is a way to relax myself.

I like working as a director most.

Christians should use their prosperity for the glory of the Kingdom of God.

Flowers still have to stretch to bloom.

Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice.

A Poem from Edna St. Vincent Millay: Grown-up Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight?

I have gotten some of the most beautiful experiences that a person can possibly ask for so I'm not at all complaining.

A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

It started when I woke up, all I wanted to do is jump out of the window. I didn't want to eat anymore, because I was afraid that I might poison myself somehow.

That becomes the revolution, to be idealistic enough that you think you can change the world, and what you find is you can't change anything but yourself.

I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.