'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

I have never intended in any of my films to sell violence or to glorify it. Even in the most intense action sequences in my films, there is a message about how evil violence is.

When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to make a film to team up my two favorite actors, Tony Leung and Chow Yun-Fat.

There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic.

When I was young, I loved movies so much I wanted to make one.

For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.

I'm not a master; I'm just a hard-working filmmaker. I would like everyone to see me as a friend rather than a master.

I also wanted people to know that football actually started in China almost 3000 years ago.

When others doubt the power of Jesus, be the one who asks Him to perform the impossible. He often will.

The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?' Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.

I live right under the Hollywood sign, so that every day when I drive home I'm reminded of why I'm here.

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Finding an excuse not to buy a brand can be just as enjoyable as finding an excuse to buy one. That, too, is human nature.

I believe in conversion of mankind, not its destruction.

If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none.

A man that's fond precociously of stirring , :;:; Must be a spoon.